BlockBeebe, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the South Custer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59351. It stands on Rough Creek. The Survey maps it on the Beebe quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Beebe quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Beebe between 1996 and 2019, burning about 913 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 1996 | Natural | 270 acres | Eastern Land Office | DEER CREEK / BEAVER SLIDE |
| 27 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Custer County | RABBIT - CUSTER |
| 18 July 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 600 acres | Miles City Field Office | ROUGHCREEK |
| 13 July 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | MILE MARKER 34 |
| 8 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 37 acres | Eastern Land Office | SAWMILL CREEK - ROSEBUD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Etna (historical) | 14.5 miles | 8 | |
| Volborg | 15.8 miles | 7 | |
| Cutler (historical) | 16.0 miles | 8 | |
| Garland | 19.1 miles | 8 | |
| Mizpah | 20.7 miles | 8 | |
| Oneill (historical) | 23.1 miles | 8 | |
| Kimball (historical) | 24.1 miles | 8 | |
| Moon Creek (historical) | 27.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802019. 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.