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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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