BlockBascom, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the North of the Yellowstone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59054. The Survey maps it on the Melstone NE quadrangle. It stands 2,936 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Melstone NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Melstone quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Bascom between 1999 and 2019, burning about 35,552 acres in total. 3 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 23 acres | Southern Land Office | COX |
| 26 August 2019 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Rosebud County | MCCAFFREE - ROSEBUD |
| 24 July 1999 | Natural | 33,000 acres | Miles City Field Office | FISHEL CRK |
| 20 July 2018 | Natural | 2,519 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | WAWA |
| 14 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Southern Land Office | BASCOM SUBDIVISION |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hibbard (historical) | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Sumatra | 10.7 miles | 9 | |
| Galbraith | 14.8 miles | 9 | |
| Ingomar | 20.5 miles | 9 | |
| Ahles | 32.8 miles | 9 | |
| Vananda | 43.0 miles | 9 | |
| Finch | 47.5 miles | 9 | |
| Howard (historical) | 50.7 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Bascom | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4866331 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 768537. 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.