BlockBeck, Montana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Dutton-Power census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59468. The Survey maps it on the Collins SE 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
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1886 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Collins quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Great Falls North quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Collins SE quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Beck (historical) in 2019, burning about 955 acres in total. None 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 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Teton County | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 955 acres | Central Land Office | PILGRAM MA |
| 26 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Teton County | not named |
| 25 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Teton County | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cordova | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Dutton | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Cleiv | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| Power | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Collins | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Greenfield | 10.3 miles | 15 | |
| Bole | 11.5 miles | 11 | |
| New Rockport Colony | 12.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1762150. 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.