BlockBaseline, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Northwest Yellowstone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59106. It stands on Little Cove Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rimrock quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Billings quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Rimrock quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Billings quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
64 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Baseline between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,263 acres in total. 6 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 | 48 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Yellowstone County | SE 1121 SHILOH BLVD. CROSSING |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | 28TH |
| 9 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Miles City Field Office | HOMEWARD P |
| 7 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.6 acres | Southern Land Office | CENTRAL AVE AT S. 64TH ST |
| 30 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | 1505 LENHARDT LN/GRAND AVE |
| 3 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Land Office | TWIN TREE |
| 2 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Yellowstone County | HWY 3 MM 7 |
| 2 August 2018 | Natural | 530 acres | Billings Field Office | MEDICINE MAN |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 768540. 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.