Preston, Montana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the White Sulphur Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59645. It stands on Wry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Watson quadrangle.

Preston within Meagher County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1886 USGS Fort Logan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1948 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Watson quadrangle1:24000
1975 USGS Canyon Ferry Dam quadrangle1:100000
2001 USGS Watson quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

4 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Preston between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1 acre in total. 3 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
Natural	3
Recreation and ceremony	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
18 August 1992	Natural	under an acre	Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest	not named
23 July 2019	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest	HEREFORD
21 July 2000	Natural	under an acre	Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest	REGGIE
10 July 2003	Natural	under an acre	Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest	ROCKER CREEK

Every fire recorded in Meagher County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Preston: 3 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Anna Lode	Silver, Gold	Unknown
Anna Lode	Silver, Gold	Occurrence	Vein
Elsie Lode	Silver, Gold	Occurrence	1929
Beaver Creek	Gold	Unknown
Benton Gulch and Vermont	Gold	Unknown
Fir Springs Placer	Gold	Prospect	1961
Last Chance Placer	Gold	Past Producer
Little Joe No 1 Mine	Gold	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Meagher 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Watson	5.2 miles	14
Lingshire	7.2 miles	15
Fort Logan	10.8 miles	14
Manger	17.2 miles	14
Buckingham	18.7 miles	14
Langford City (historical)	21.9 miles	13
Springdale Colony	26.6 miles	13
White Sulphur Springs	27.7 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 794796. 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.