BlockMountain View, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Flathead Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59860. The Survey maps it on the East Bay quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1920 USGS Flathead Lake quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS East Bay quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Polson quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS East Bay quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
125 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Mountain View (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 240 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 6 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Fireworks | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Flathead Agency | BURNBARREL |
| 8 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Flathead Agency | MTN. VISTA |
| 6 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Flathead Agency | LIGHT RD |
| 6 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Flathead Agency | COURVILLE |
| 29 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Flathead Agency | PINE TREE LANE |
| 27 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Flathead Agency | NORTHWOOD |
| 26 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Flathead Agency | HACK |
| 22 September 2002 | Fireworks | under an acre | Flathead Agency | PABLO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Mountain View (historical): 11 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turtle Lake | 1.7 miles | 9 | |
| Dunham | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Pablo | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Belle-Vue Court | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Polson | 5.7 miles | 7 | |
| Finley Point | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Kerr | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Allard (historical) | 7.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1796848. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.