BlockAltyn, Montana
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1968. It stands in the Glacier National Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59434. It stands on Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Sherburne quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Altyn
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Many Glacier Barn and Bunkhouselisted 1996 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 23 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.
- 1904 USGS Chief Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1938 USGS Chief Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Lake Sherburne quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Altyn (historical) between 1998 and 2017, burning about 23 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | CRACKER |
| 30 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | BOULDER |
| 25 August 2000 | Natural | 22 acres | Glacier National Park | GRINNEL POINT |
| 5 July 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | Glacier National Park | MANY GLACIER |
| 5 July 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | Glacier National Park | SWIFT |
| 23 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | PTARMIGAN |
| 11 July 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | BOULDER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Altyn (historical): 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cracker Lake Mine | Copper | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swiftcurrent | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Cassidy Curve | 4.4 miles | 23 | |
| Siyeh Bend | 7.2 miles | 23 | |
| Rising Sun | 9.1 miles | 23 | |
| Babb | 10.8 miles | 10 | |
| Saint Mary | 11.0 miles | 11 | |
| Douglas (historical) | 22.0 miles | 9 | |
| Wetzel | 24.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1750441. 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.