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[FR Doc No: 94-25456]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[MT-950-4830-02-P]
Documentation of Current Administrative Boundaries for Bureau of
Land Management Offices; Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The management boundaries between districts and resource areas
are delineated below. This description is provided to identify the
current administrative boundaries to facilitate users, the general
public, or other entities desiring office and geographical areas of
management responsibility.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Singer, BLM Montana State
Office, P.O. Box 36800, Billings, MT 59107-6800, 406-255-2742.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The boundaries between districts and
resource areas, where applicable, are described as follows:
Dakotas District
The States of North Dakota and South Dakota.
South Dakota Resource Area
The State of South Dakota.
Butte District
Beginning at a point on the Canadian border and the county line
between Flathead and Glacier Counties; thence southeasterly along the
county line; thence southeasterly along the Flathead-Pondera County
line; thence southeasterly along the Flathead-Teton County line; thence
southerly along the Flathead-Lewis and Clark County line; thence
southerly along the Powell-Lewis and Clark County line to a point at
the southwest corner of Township 15 North, Range 9 West; thence
easterly along the township line to the Cascade County line; thence
south and east along the Lewis and Clark-Cascade County line; thence
southeast along the Lewis and Clark-Meagher County line; thence
southeast along the Broadwater-Meagher County line; thence easterly
along the southern line of Meagher County; thence south and east along
the Park-Sweetgrass County line; thence east along the Park-Stillwater
County line; thence south along the Park-Carbon County line to the
Wyoming state line; thence west and south along the Wyoming state line
to the Idaho state line; thence westerly and northerly along the Idaho
state line to the Canadian border; thence east to the point of
beginning.
Garnet Resource Area
The northwest portion of the area described as Butte District and
delineated on the east and south as follows: Beginning at the southwest
corner of Township 15 North, Range 9 West; thence southeasterly along
the Powell-Lewis and Clark County line to the Jefferson County line;
thence southwesterly along the Powell-Jefferson County line; thence
along the southerly lines of Powell, Granite, and Ravalli Counties to
the Idaho state line.
Dillon Resource Area
The southwest portion of the area described as Butte District and
bounded on the north and east as follows: Beginning at the Idaho state
line on the Ravalli-Beaverhead County line; thence northeasterly along
the Ravalli-Beaverhead County line; thence southeasterly along the
Beaverhead-Deer Lodge County line to its intersection with the section
line between Sec. 12, T. 1 S., R. 15 W., PMM and Sec. 7, T. 1 S., R. 14
W., PMM; thence south between Secs. 12 and 7 and Secs. 13 and 18 to the
Corner of Secs. 13, 18, 19, and 24; thence east between Secs. 18 and 19
and 17 and 20 to the section corner of Secs. 16, 17, 20, and 21 which
is on the boundary of Beaverhead National Forest; thence north, east,
and southeast along the Forest boundary to the corner of Secs. 13 and
24, T. 1 S., R. 10 W. and Secs. 18 and 19, T. 1 S., R. 9 W., PMM;
thence north along the range line to the Big Hole River which is the
Beaverhead/Silver Bow County line; thence southeast along the county
line to its intersection with the Madison County line; thence easterly
and southerly along the Madison County line to the Idaho state line.
Headwaters Resource Area
That portion of central and eastern Butte District including Deer
Lodge County, Silver Bow County, Jefferson County, the southern portion
of Lewis and Clark County, Broadwater County, Gallatin County, Park
County, and that portion of Beaverhead County south of the Big Hole
River and north of the Beaverhead National Forest which is described
above and not included in the Dillon Resource Area.
Lewistown District
The northcentral portion of Montana from the Canadian border and
along the east boundary of Butte District to the southeast corner of
Meagher County; thence north along the east line of Meagher County;
thence east along the south line of Judith Basin County; thence east
along the south line of Fergus County; thence east along the south line
of Petroleum County; thence north along the east line of Petroleum
County; thence northeast along the south line of Phillips County;
thence northeast along the south line of Valley County to the boundary
of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation; thence in a northerly direction
along the west boundary of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation; thence
east along the north boundary of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation;
thence north along the east line of Valley County to the Canadian
border thence west along the border to the northwest corner of Glacier
County.
Great Falls Resource Area
The western portion of the Lewistown District including all of
Glacier County, Toole County, Liberty County, Pondera County, Teton
County, Cascade County, Meagher County, and the northern part of Lewis
and Clark County which lies within the Lewistown District boundaries.
Havre Resource Area
The northern portion of Lewistown District including all of Hill
and Blaine County and the northern portion of Choteau County which lies
north of the Missouri River.
Phillips Resource Area
The northern portion of Lewistown District which includes all of
Phillips County.
Valley Resource Area
The most northeasterly portion of Lewistown District which includes
all of Valley County except for the portion lying within the Fort Peck
Indian Reservation.
Judith Resource Area
The southcentral portion of Lewistown District which includes all
of Petroleum, Fergus, and Judith Basin Counties and the portion of
Choteau County which lies south of the Missouri River.
Miles City District
The southeast and eastern portions of Montana bounded on the west
by Butte and Lewistown Districts.
Billings Resource Area
The southwest portion of Miles City District which includes all of
Wheatland, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Yellowstone, Stillwater,
Sweetgrass, and Carbon Counties and all of Big Horn County, except for
the easterly portion which lies outside of the Crow Indian Reservation.
From the north county line in Township 1 North, Range 38 East follow
the section line between sections 4 and 5 South to the boundary of the
Crow Indian Reservation. Continue south and along the boundary between
the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservations, thence follow the
boundary of the Crow Indian Reservation to the Wyoming state line.
Big Dry Resource Area
The northern portion of Miles City District which includes the
portion of Valley County included in the Fort Peck Indian Reservation;
Rosebud County north of the Yellowstone River; Custer County north of
the Yellowstone River and the northeasterly portion of Custer County
which is described as beginning on the county line between Custer and
Prairie Counties at the southwest corner of T. 10 N., R. 51 E., Section
33; then south one mile to the southwest section corner of T. 9 N., R.
51 E., Section 4; then east one mile to the southwest section corner of
T. 9 N., R. 51 E., Section 3; then south one mile to the southwest
section corner of T. 9 N., R. 51 E., Section 10; then east one mile to
the southwest section corner of T. 9 N., R. 51 E., Section 11; then
south one mile to the southwest section corner of T. 9 N., R. 51 E.,
Section 14; then west 5 miles to the northwest section corner of T. 9
N., R. 50 E., Section 24; then south one mile to the southwest section
corner of T. 9 N., R. 50 E., Section 24; then west 2 miles to the
northwest section corner of T. 9 N., R. 50 E., Section 27; then south
one mile to the southwest section corner of T. 9 N., R. 50 E., Section
27; then east 3 miles to the southwest section corner of T. 9 N., R. 51
E., Section 30; then south 2 miles to the southwest section corner of
T. 8 N., R. 51 E., Section 4; then east approximately 2\1/2\ miles to
the Powder River in T. 8 N., R. 51 E., Section 2; then southerly along
the Powder River approximately 6 miles to the southern boundary of T. 8
N., R. 51 E., Section 26; then east approximately 1\1/4\ miles to the
southwest section corner of T. 8 N., R. 52 E., Section 30; then south
one mile to the southwest section corner of T. 8 N., R. 52 E., Section
31; then east one mile to the southwest section corner of T. 8 N., R.
52 E., Section 32; then south 2 miles to the southwest section corner
of T. 7 N., R. 52 E., Section 8; then west approximately 3\1/4\ miles
to the Powder River in T. 7 N., R. 51 E., Section 15; then southerly
along 7 the Powder River approximately 35 miles to the eastern boundary
of T. 4 N., R. 53 E., Section 25; then north approximately one mile to
the southwest section corner of T. 4 N., R. 54 E., Section 19; then
east 2 miles to the southwest section corner of T. 4 N., R. 54 E.,
Section 21; then north approximately 2\1/4\ miles to the 1/16 corner of
T. 4 N., R. 54 E., Sections 8 and 9; then due east approximately 1\1/4\
miles across T. 4 N., R. 54 E., Sections 9 and 10; then due north \1/4\
mile; east \1/4\ mile; south \1/4\ mile; and east \1/4\ mile to the
eastern boundary of T. 4 N., R. 54 E., Section 10; then southeast along
the allotment boundary across T. 4 N., R. 54 E., sections 11, 14, and
24 to the eastern boundary of T. 4 N., R. 54 E., section 24 and the
intersection of the line between Custer and Carter Counties.
Also included in Big Dry Resource Area is the northwest corner of
Carter County which includes Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19,
29, and 30 in Township 4 North, Range 55 East; and all of Daniels;
Dawson; Fallon; Garfield; McCone; Prairie; Richland; Roosevelt;
Sheridan; and Wibaux Counties.
Powder River Resource Area
The southeastern portion of Miles City District which includes the
easterly portion of Bighorn County which lies outside of the Crow
Indian Reservation (as excluded from the Billings Resource Area), the
portion of Rosebud County which lies south of the Yellowstone River,
the portions of Custer and Carter Counties not listed above in the Big
Dry Resource Area, and all of Treasure and Powder River Counties.
Dated: October 3, 1994.
Francis R. Cherry, Jr.,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 94-25456 Filed 10-13-94; 8:45 am]
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