BlockBirney Day School, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Northern Cheyenne Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59043. It stands on Birney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Birney Day School quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Hardin quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Birney Day School quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Birney quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Birney Day School quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
89 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Birney Day School between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,134 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 7 were 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 | 44 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Northern Cheyenne Agency | BLACKEAGLE |
| 3 September 2000 | Smoking | 10 acres | Northern Cheyenne Agency | CYPRESS |
| 27 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Cheyenne Agency | MEDICINE |
| 27 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Northern Cheyenne Agency | COTTONWOOD |
| 24 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern Cheyenne Agency | GINGER |
| 22 September 2012 | Natural | 4,150 acres | Northern Cheyenne Agency | EAGLE CREEK |
| 2 September 2009 | Natural | 1.7 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | PITMAN |
| 10 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Northern Cheyenne Agency | 3DOG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Birney Day School: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Pit | Bentonite | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birney | 7.0 miles | 7 | |
| Gopher (historical) | 15.9 miles | 8 | |
| Ashland | 16.1 miles | 9 | |
| Lame Deer | 17.8 miles | 8 | |
| Wood Place | 21.3 miles | 8 | |
| Jimtown | 21.6 miles | 7 | |
| Saints Rest (historical) | 22.9 miles | 7 | |
| Brandenberg | 30.2 miles | 6 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q49346306 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802036. 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.