BlockBrookside, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Malta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59524. The Survey maps it on the Ester Lake 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
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.
- 1953 USGS Havre quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Havre quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Havre quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Ester Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Dodson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Brookside (historical) between 1992 and 2012, burning about 11,714 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 468 acres | Malta Field Office | POOLE |
| 24 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 10,924 acres | Malta Field Office | ESTER LAKE |
| 11 August 2010 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Fort Belknap Agency | ONE BALE |
| 4 July 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Fort Belknap Agency | LEGGINSFLA |
| 18 May 1992 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Fort Belknap Agency | WEBB |
| 29 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 227 acres | Fort Belknap Agency | WHITE CALF |
| 8 January 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 91 acres | Fort Belknap Agency | CRP |
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 Brookside (historical): 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Clay | Clay | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips | 8.5 miles | 7 | |
| Midale | 15.4 miles | 8 | |
| Zortman | 15.9 miles | 9 | |
| Whitcomb (historical) | 16.4 miles | 9 | |
| Old Whitcomb Place | 19.7 miles | 9 | |
| Trine (historical) | 20.4 miles | 8 | |
| Landusky | 20.5 miles | 9 | |
| Regina (historical) | 21.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1722090. 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.