Pearmond, Montana

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the North McCone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59201. It stands on Prairie Elk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Flynn Creek South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Pearmond within McCone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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.

1915 USGS Oswego quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Flynn Creek South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Pearmond (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,133 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 3 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	18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Natural	10
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Smoking	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Arson/incendiarism	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Other causes	2

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
5 September 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Fort Peck Agency	STAFNE
4 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.5 acres	Fort Peck Agency	S. TOM GREENS
2 September 2019	Railroad operations and maintenance	213 acres	Fort Peck Agency	WINDY
17 September 2000	Smoking	4.0 acres	Fort Peck Agency	HORSESHOE
16 September 1994	Debris and open burning	30 acres	Fort Peck Agency	OSWEGO S.
10 September 2018	Natural	under an acre	Fort Peck Agency	MILLET
7 August 2010	Natural	2.0 acres	Fort Peck Agency	TRIBAL RANCH
6 August 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fort Peck Agency	LARIMER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCone County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pearmond (historical): 1 unknown. None of them 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

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Prairie Elk Colony	3.3 miles	7
Pleasant Valley (historical)	15.1 miles	6
Prairie Elk (historical)	15.5 miles	5
Sand Creek (historical)	15.5 miles	5
Vida	22.8 miles	5
Presserville (historical)	23.0 miles	5
Hamblin (historical)	25.0 miles	5
Weldon	27.3 miles	5

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1716179. 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.