Arthur, Montana

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the Fairview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59255. It lies near Glendive Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Poplar quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Arthur within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1912 USGS Poplar quadrangle1:62500
1954 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Poplar quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

1,440 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,440 fires within 5 miles of Arthur (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,820 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 434 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
Arson/incendiarism	434
Misuse of fire by a minor	250
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	237
Fireworks	173
Debris and open burning	83
Recreation and ceremony	83
Smoking	78
Equipment and vehicle use	40
Natural	38
Railroad operations and maintenance	13
Other causes	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	5

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 2012	Natural	under an acre	Fort Peck Agency	901 7TH
9 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Fort Peck Agency	S. LAGOON
9 September 2006	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Fort Peck Agency	SOLID WASTE 5
9 September 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fort Peck Agency	SNAG
9 September 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fort Peck Agency	S.HALL
9 September 2006	Arson/incendiarism	1.2 acres	Fort Peck Agency	DUPREE
9 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fort Peck Agency	600CSTE
9 September 1994	Smoking	1.0 acres	Fort Peck Agency	TRN BRG 2

Every fire recorded in Richland County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Mona (historical)	25.9 miles	7
Enid	32.7 miles	7
Andes	33.9 miles	7
Fox Lake	39.1 miles	7
Lambert	39.2 miles	7
Girard	42.0 miles	7
Sioux Pass	45.9 miles	7
Brorson (historical)	50.5 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1715005. 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.