BlockBiem, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Fort Peck Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59258. The Survey maps it on the Biem School quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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.
- 1909 USGS Smoke Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Smoke Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Culbertson quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Beam School quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Biem between 1994 and 2020, burning about 8,957 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.4 acres | Fort Peck Agency | GROUSE |
| 27 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Peck Agency | BUG |
| 23 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,634 acres | Malta Field Office | FLAGSTAFF HILL |
| 19 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 236 acres | Fort Peck Agency | R-Y MM24 |
| 1 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fort Peck Agency | BURSHIA |
| 5 October 2003 | Debris and open burning | 76 acres | Fort Peck Agency | DEWEYJ |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Biem: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson | 9.5 miles | 7 | |
| Slab Crossing | 18.7 miles | 8 | |
| Bredette | 19.0 miles | 5 | |
| Brockton | 22.9 miles | 9 | |
| Boyd (historical) | 24.0 miles | 7 | |
| Calais | 24.1 miles | 9 | |
| Froid | 25.8 miles | 5 | |
| Fort Kipp | 26.1 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1669413. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.