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Oneill, Montana

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Shirley-Ismay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59336. It lies near Cut Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Pennock Creek quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Oneill within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

3 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Oneill (historical) between 1999 and 2018, burning about 1,029 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 August 2007Natural1,020 acresMiles City Field OfficeCUTT COULEE
13 August 2018Natural6.8 acresEastern Land OfficeCUT COULEE
3 December 1999Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresFort Peck AgencyBIKE PATH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Kimball (historical)5.1 miles8
Mizpah9.1 miles8
Foundation (historical)12.6 miles8
Knowlton13.9 miles8
Beebe23.1 miles8
Ismay30.6 miles8
Cutler (historical)32.3 miles8
Etna (historical)33.5 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1716869. 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.