BlockAyers Ranch Colony, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Grass Range census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59032. It stands on Alkali Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fish Dam quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Fish Dam quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Winnett quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Ayers Ranch Colony in 2020, burning about 100 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fergus County | FDH-MTLG08-149 |
| 1 February 2020 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Fergus County | MUNGER LANE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dryland (historical) | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Chippewa (historical) | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Becket | 4.3 miles | 6 | |
| Novary (historical) | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Fords Creek Colony | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Grass Range | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Forestgrove | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Cheadle (historical) | 10.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 805649. 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.