Blackfoot, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Blackfeet Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59417. It stands on Flatiron Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blackfoot quadrangle. 109 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,154 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1911 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
113 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Blackfoot between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,575 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Blackfeet Agency | SPRING HILL |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | LUCKY 13 |
| 26 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Blackfeet Agency | HARWOODS |
| 23 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | DOUBLE FIRE |
| 21 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | HIDE OUT |
| 21 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | CHEVY FIRE |
| 21 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | BOARDSCHO |
| 2 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | FJOHNSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Blackfoot: 4 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Titanium-Iron Occurrence | Iron, Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blackfoot in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 2 hail, 2 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Blackfoot | - | Rain report from mesonet station shbm8 5.2 SE Browning. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Blackfoot | - | Shbm8 5.2 se Browning. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Blackfoot | - | Spotter emailed a picture. Also, reported 0.25 inches of rain. Time estimated based upon radar. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Blackfoot | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Blackfoot 26N (the U.S. Customs office at Del Bonita). |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meriwether | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| North Browning | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Browning | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| South Browning | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Family (historical) | 9.5 miles | 11 | |
| Fort Piegan | 12.7 miles | 9 | |
| Durham | 13.3 miles | 9 | |
| Piegan | 13.7 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Blackfoot | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q24887348 | 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 802043. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





