BlockBlackleaf, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Choteau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59422. It lies near Toms Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Blackleaf quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1914 USGS Heart Butte quadrangle1:125000
- 1918 USGS Heart Butte quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Blackleaf quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Valier quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Blackleaf between 2003 and 2019, burning under an acre in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | LOST FIRE |
| 6 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | IGLOO CABIN |
| 27 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Teton County | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockport Colony | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Saypo | 14.2 miles | 17 | |
| Bynum | 15.8 miles | 11 | |
| Pendroy | 16.8 miles | 12 | |
| Miller Colony | 17.8 miles | 11 | |
| Koyl | 19.8 miles | 11 | |
| Agawam | 23.3 miles | 11 | |
| Malone | 23.8 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.
| Wikidata item Q122597159 | 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 768999. 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.