Prairie Elk, Montana
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the North McCone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59201. It lies near Williams Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Sadie Coulee 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
4 surveys from 5 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.
- 1954 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Sadie Coulee quadrangle1:24000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Creek (historical) | 11.4 miles | 5 | |
| Weldon | 11.9 miles | 5 | |
| Hamblin (historical) | 13.1 miles | 5 | |
| Pearmond (historical) | 15.5 miles | 7 | |
| Prairie Elk Colony | 16.4 miles | 7 | |
| Vida | 19.9 miles | 5 | |
| Presserville (historical) | 20.1 miles | 5 | |
| Coal Creek (historical) | 20.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1716175. 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.



