BlockBlair Crossing, Montana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Valier-Dupuyer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59486. The Survey maps it on the Rock City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1920 USGS Dupuyer quadrangle1:125000
- 1934 USGS Lake Frances quadrangle1:48000
- 1937 USGS Lake Frances quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Valier quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Rock City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Blair Crossing between 2012 and 2018, burning about 105 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 4 November 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Blackfeet Agency | PETERSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott Lake (historical) | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Shields Crossing | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Valier | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Aubrey Crossing | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Kuka Crossing | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Edwards Crossing | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Wingina (historical) | 10.6 miles | 12 | |
| Pierce Crossing | 11.2 miles | 12 |
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 Q122573016 | 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 769016. 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.