BlockBeaver Flats, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Ekalaka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59324. It stands on Beaver Flats. The Survey maps it on the Beaver Flats South 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
7 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 Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Beaver Flats South quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Beaver Flats South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Beaver Flats (historical) between 1999 and 2017, burning about 78 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2017 | Natural | 35 acres | Miles City Field Office | BEAVER FLAT |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | 25 acres | Miles City Field Office | BEAVERFLAT |
| 31 August 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | BIG HILL |
| 6 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | WHITEY |
| 25 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Miles City Field Office | BRUSKI |
| 22 July 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | NEWBERRY |
| 10 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | SKINNY |
| 28 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Eastern Land Office | HOLLAND |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekalaka | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Pershing (historical) | 10.2 miles | 8 | |
| Chalk Buttes (historical) | 12.9 miles | 9 | |
| Prairie Dale (historical) | 14.6 miles | 8 | |
| Chausse (historical) | 15.2 miles | 8 | |
| Elgin (historical) | 16.1 miles | 10 | |
| Belltower | 22.3 miles | 8 | |
| Mill Iron | 25.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1688743. 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.