BlockBear Creek Village, Montana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Creston-Bigfork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59911. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crater Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1914 USGS Nyack quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Crater Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Hungry Horse Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Crater Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
190 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Bear Creek Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 115 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 3 were 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 | 80 |
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | SOUTH WHITETAIL |
| 8 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | BEAR CREEK |
| 7 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | SONGBIRD LANE |
| 7 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | RED OWL |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | RIPPLING WATERS ROAD |
| 4 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | not named |
| 3 September 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | EAST ECHO LAKE |
| 23 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | UPPER JEWEL BASIN RD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swan River (historical) | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Swan River | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Mud Lake (historical) | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Negro Prairie (historical) | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Bigfork | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Holt | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Creston | 11.4 miles | 12 | |
| Jessup | 12.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1795867. 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.