BlockAshfield, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Malta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59261. The Survey maps it on the Robinson Ranch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1905 USGS Saco quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Saco Special quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Malta quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Robinson Ranch quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Ashfield between 1996 and 2018, burning about 38 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge | BEAVER CK |
| 26 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 20 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 acres | Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge | BEAVER |
| 14 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 28 June 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Bowdin Wetland Management District | GATOR |
| 20 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 18 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleeping Buffalo | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Cole | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Cree Crossing | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Saco | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Bowdoin | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Bone Crossing | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| Jordan Crossing | 10.4 miles | 8 | |
| East Malta Colony | 10.5 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802002. 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.