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Blackwood, Montana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Gallatin Gateway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59718. The Survey maps it on the Bozeman Hot Springs quadrangle.

Blackwood within Gallatin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

42 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Blackwood between 2017 and 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Debris and open burning5
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePowder River County201057
23 September 2018Other causesunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
14 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
10 September 2018Other causesunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
1 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeHYALITE CANYON
9 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
4 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
31 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGallatin Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallatin County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Blackwood: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bozeman Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Jefferson River PlacersGoldProspect
Unnamed Pumicite DepositPumiceOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gallatin 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
Gilroy1.6 miles21
King Arthur Park2.1 miles22
Four Corners2.3 miles21
Lay Settlement (historical)2.3 miles22
Balmont2.3 miles22
Reasville (historical)2.4 miles22
Monforton (historical)2.7 miles21
Korner Kourt3.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 769013. 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.