Westwood Estates, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Miles City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59301. It lies near Carbon Hill. The Survey maps it on the Miles City quadrangle.
On record in Westwood Estates
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 12 of 14 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Holy Rosary Hospitallisted 2009 · 0.1 miles away
Ursuline Convent of the Sacred Heartlisted 1992 · 0.3 miles away
East Main Street Residential Historic Districtlisted 1990 · 0.3 miles away
George M. Miles Houselisted 1982 · 0.3 miles away
William Harmon Houselisted 1986 · 0.5 miles away
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Companylisted 1988 · 0.6 miles away
Walrond and Elizabeth Snell Houselisted 2003 · 0.6 miles away
Miles City Steam Laundrylisted 1979 · 0.6 miles away
Thomas and Beulah Shore Houselisted 2003 · 0.7 miles away
Main Street Historic Districtlisted 1989 · 0.7 miles away
US Post Office-Miles City Mainlisted 1986 · 0.7 miles away
Olive Hotellisted 1988 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Westwood Estates between 1998 and 2020, burning about 2,887 acres in total. 12 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 | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Custer County | PIROGUE - CUSTER |
| 6 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 281 acres | Miles City Field Office | OVERPASS |
| 4 August 2007 | Natural | 100 acres | Miles City Field Office | SUNDAY AIRPORT |
| 27 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Custer County | INTERSTATE - CUSTER |
| 23 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Custer County | RANGER - CUSTER |
| 21 August 1998 | Natural | 500 acres | Miles City Field Office | SMITH CRK |
| 19 August 2007 | Natural | 44 acres | Eastern Land Office | not named |
| 13 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | 2019 MCC FIRE SUPPORT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Westwood Estates: 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Platinum, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eckart Portable Crusher | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Miles City | Gold, Platinum | Occurrence | Stream Placer | |
| Yellowstone Hill Pit and Plant | Silver | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles City | 0.3 miles | 9 | |
| Ulmer | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Tusler | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Paragon | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cutler (historical) | 12.7 miles | 8 | |
| Horton | 12.9 miles | 9 | |
| Kinsey | 14.5 miles | 9 | |
| Sadie (historical) | 14.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1721420. 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.




