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Blackfoot, Montana

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the North Garfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59318. The Survey maps it on the Blackfoot School quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Blackfoot within Garfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

13 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Blackfoot (historical) between 1995 and 2020, burning about 850 acres in total. 9 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
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 August 1995Natural2.0 acresMiles City Field OfficeCHAMBERLAI
29 August 2015Other causes5.5 acresMiles City Field OfficeBUTTS
18 August 1996Natural15 acresCharles M. Russell National Wildlife RefugeASSIST 8
9 July 2002Natural1.5 acresMiles City Field Office7 BLACK
31 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGarfield CountyLOOMIS - GARFIELD
30 July 2012Natural1.0 acresMiles City Field OfficeFOOT
29 July 2012Natural3.8 acresMiles City Field OfficeSEVEN FIRE
24 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use12 acresGarfield CountySEVEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garfield County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Hazny (historical)6.4 miles7
Brusett8.7 miles7
Butte Creek (historical)9.4 miles7
Metersville (historical)9.5 miles7
Steve Forks13.3 miles7
Bruce (historical)13.9 miles7
Braggville (historical)15.4 miles7
Anad (historical)16.2 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1716019. 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.