Boyd, Montana

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the East Roosevelt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59218. The Survey maps it on the Fort Kipp quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Boyd within Roosevelt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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.

1948 USGS Fort Kipp quadrangle1:24000
1949 USGS Fort Kipp quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Culbertson quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Boyd (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,237 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning	23
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Arson/incendiarism	4
Natural	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Fireworks	2
Smoking	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Other causes	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
6 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fort Peck Agency	S.FT.KIPP
27 September 2012	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fort Peck Agency	T.GOURNEAU
27 September 2000	Power generation/transmission/distribution	32 acres	Fort Peck Agency	N FT KIPP
25 September 1993	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Fort Peck Agency	HOLLOW
19 September 1993	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Fort Peck Agency	CULBERTSON
14 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Fort Peck Agency	PERRY'S
14 September 2005	Railroad operations and maintenance	5.3 acres	Fort Peck Agency	MUDDY
13 September 1994	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	Fort Peck Agency	BLAIR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Roosevelt County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Boyd (historical): 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Roosevelt 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Blair	4.7 miles	7
Fort Kipp	5.0 miles	7
Slab Crossing	5.8 miles	8
Culbertson	9.0 miles	6
Calais	9.0 miles	9
Froid	12.5 miles	5
Brockton	13.9 miles	9
McCabe	15.4 miles	5

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1669410. 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.