BlockAlpine, Montana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Red Lodge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59071. It stands on Armstrong Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alpine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1898 USGS Granite Mountain District quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Alpine quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Alpine quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Red Lodge quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Alpine quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Alpine between 1993 and 2020, burning about 14,894 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | JIMMY JOE |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | SADDLEBACK |
| 3 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | not named |
| 28 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | RIMROCK LAKE |
| 25 August 1996 | Natural | 14,890 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | SHEPARD MTN |
| 14 August 1996 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | ELK LAKE |
| 13 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | EAST ROSE |
| 12 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | RAINBOW LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Alpine: 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Molybdenum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rankin Place | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| George Place (historical) | 12.7 miles | 14 | |
| Roscoe | 12.8 miles | 13 | |
| Linley (historical) | 12.9 miles | 13 | |
| Luther | 12.9 miles | 13 | |
| George Place | 13.3 miles | 13 | |
| Alex Boggio Place | 13.4 miles | 13 | |
| Simpkins Place | 14.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 778975. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.