BlockBox Elder, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the South Phillips census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59538. It lies in Box Elder Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Sheep Coulee quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Sheep Coulee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Peck Lake West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Box Elder (historical) in 2007, burning about 4 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Malta Field Office | TELEGRAPH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Prairie | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| First Creek (historical) | 10.3 miles | 8 | |
| Content | 11.4 miles | 7 | |
| Dryer Place | 11.7 miles | 9 | |
| X Crossing | 13.6 miles | 9 | |
| Regina (historical) | 16.2 miles | 9 | |
| Leedy (historical) | 16.4 miles | 9 | |
| Old Whitcomb Place | 17.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1722092. 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.