BlockAlbright, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the North of the Yellowstone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59347. It stands on Rosebud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rosebud 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 8 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
- 1968 USGS Rosebud quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Albright (historical) between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,378 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | SAFFLOWER |
| 26 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Rosebud County | OSCAR - ROSEBUD |
| 4 July 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Eastern Land Office | I94 MM105 |
| 4 July 2017 | Fireworks | 5.3 acres | Eastern Land Office | OLD HWY 10 |
| 25 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Rosebud County | ODEER - ROSEBUD |
| 2 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Eastern Land Office | ROSEBUD CREEK |
| 15 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,356 acres | Rosebud County | BLACK BUTTE |
| 10 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | NEWMANS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cartersville | 1.5 miles | 8 | |
| Rosebud | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Flynn | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Orinoco | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Porcupine (historical) | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Thurlow | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Forsyth | 10.1 miles | 9 | |
| Sabra (historical) | 13.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1716730. 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.