BlockBarr, Montana
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Hinsdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59241. It stands on Snake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Papoose Hills quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Glasgow quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Papoose Hills quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Barr (historical) in 2005, burning about 1,210 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2005 | Natural | 1,210 acres | Malta Field Office | FRENCHMAN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genevieve (historical) | 5.8 miles | 6 | |
| Thoeny | 12.0 miles | 8 | |
| Miles Crossing | 18.4 miles | 9 | |
| Kansas Flat (historical) | 23.4 miles | 8 | |
| Hinsdale | 23.8 miles | 9 | |
| Beaverton | 24.1 miles | 9 | |
| Vandalia | 27.5 miles | 8 | |
| Baylor | 30.9 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1688561. 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.