BlockAlice, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the South Garfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59058. It lies near Black Butte. The Survey maps it on the McWilliams Springs 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
- 1963 USGS Mc Williams Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Melstone quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
4 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Alice (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,938 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2011 | Natural | 144 acres | Miles City Field Office | GUMBO |
| 1 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 571 acres | Garfield County | TRIPP COULEE |
| 1 August 1994 | Natural | 1,220 acres | Miles City Field Office | CHALK |
| 27 July 2012 | Natural | 2.7 acres | Miles City Field Office | DUTTON RANCH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimney Crossing | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| McTwiggan (historical) | 8.0 miles | 7 | |
| Martin (historical) | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Sand Springs | 11.7 miles | 7 | |
| Tindall (historical) | 14.7 miles | 7 | |
| Mosby | 16.4 miles | 9 | |
| Brunelda (historical) | 16.7 miles | 8 | |
| Edwards | 18.6 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1716020. 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.