BlockBig Warm, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Fort Belknap census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59524. The Survey maps it on the Ball Coulee 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
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Havre quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Havre quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Havre quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Ball Coulee quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Dodson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
76 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Big Warm (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 852 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 1 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 | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Fort Belknap Agency | MAIN |
| 6 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.9 acres | North Central Montana District | BEAVER MOUNTAIN |
| 3 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fort Belknap Agency | TAURS |
| 26 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fort Belknap Agency | COON |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fort Belknap Agency | DUMPSTER |
| 14 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.2 acres | Fort Belknap Agency | BADMOON |
| 9 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Belknap Agency | BILLY GOAT |
| 7 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Belknap Agency | LODGEPOLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Big Warm (historical): 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Warm Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Little Warm Springs | Geothermal | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lodge Pole | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Dry Lake | 10.7 miles | 7 | |
| Pine Grove | 12.4 miles | 9 | |
| Hays | 13.2 miles | 9 | |
| Coburg | 29.8 miles | 7 | |
| Cow Island (historical) | 30.3 miles | 11 | |
| Power Plant (historical) | 30.9 miles | 10 | |
| Savoy | 31.7 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1722408. 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.