BlockBlanchards Corner, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Plains census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59859. It stands on Hinchwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Baldy Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Baldy Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Polson quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Baldy Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
177 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Blanchards Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 156 acres in total. 59 started naturally. 7 were 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 | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | not named |
| 5 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | not named |
| 4 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | BALDY |
| 30 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | CORONA 2 |
| 3 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | BUFFALO BILL |
| 27 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | not named |
| 26 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Northwestern Land Office | MILE MARKER 74 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Blanchards Corner: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver and Lead Prospect | Silver, Lead | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plains | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Weeksville | 6.9 miles | 7 | |
| Hot Springs | 11.3 miles | 6 | |
| Camas | 12.1 miles | 6 | |
| Paradise | 12.1 miles | 9 | |
| Eddy | 13.9 miles | 10 | |
| Island City (historical) | 14.2 miles | 8 | |
| Camas Prairie | 15.4 miles | 8 |
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 Q122570424 | 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 780096. 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.