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Zenith Colony, Montana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Cut Bank census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59427. The Survey maps it on the Headlight Butte quadrangle.

Zenith Colony within Glacier County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

5 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Zenith Colony between 1997 and 2017, burning about 27 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural2
Smoking1

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
29 July 2017Smokingunder an acreBlackfeet AgencySWAMP
22 July 2017Natural4.0 acresBlackfeet AgencyALDEN
22 June 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBlackfeet AgencyGOBERT TRA
26 April 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresBlackfeet AgencyOIL WELL
21 December 1997Natural3.0 acresBlackfeet AgencyLORING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glacier 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 Zenith Colony: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Glacier 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
Tipville (historical)1.8 miles11
Korner (historical)3.1 miles11
Glacier Colony7.1 miles11
Glendale Colony10.8 miles9
Santa Rita11.7 miles13
Horizon Colony12.2 miles11
Cut Bank16.3 miles13
Gunsight17.2 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122597447The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2806628. 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.