BlockAbsher, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Melstone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59054. It stands on Carpenter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Queens Point quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Queens Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Melstone quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Absher (historical) in 2017, burning about 336 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2017 | Natural | 336 acres | Billings Field Office | RAGGED POINT FIRE |
| 4 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | HWY 12 MM200 |
| 27 October 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | 2 MILES EAST OF MELSTONE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queens Point | 0.8 miles | 9 | |
| Musselshell | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Melstone | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Delphia | 13.0 miles | 6 | |
| Kilby Butte Colony | 19.4 miles | 6 | |
| Fattig (historical) | 20.0 miles | 6 | |
| Gage | 22.4 miles | 6 | |
| Flatwillow Colony | 29.1 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1723081. 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.