BlockAnderson, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Fort Peck Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59213. The Survey maps it on the Smoke Creek SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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.
- 1909 USGS Smoke Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Smoke Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Culbertson quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Smoke Creek SW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
21 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Anderson between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,189 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Fort Peck Agency | 12 MI N BROCKTON |
| 7 September 2006 | Smoking | 16 acres | Fort Peck Agency | 7 MI N BROCKTON |
| 2 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 89 acres | Fort Peck Agency | DAHLBERG |
| 25 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fort Peck Agency | PHEASANT |
| 23 August 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.5 acres | Fort Peck Agency | N BROCKTON |
| 15 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Fort Peck Agency | DEUBNER |
| 13 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fort Peck Agency | IRR GRAVEL |
| 12 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Fort Peck Agency | OSHKOSH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biem | 9.5 miles | 7 | |
| Slab Crossing | 13.0 miles | 8 | |
| Brockton | 13.4 miles | 9 | |
| Calais | 15.0 miles | 9 | |
| Boyd (historical) | 17.0 miles | 7 | |
| Sprole | 17.8 miles | 6 | |
| Fort Kipp | 17.9 miles | 7 | |
| Deertail Indian Village (historical) | 19.2 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1669421. 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.