BlockBrorson, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lambert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59270. The Survey maps it on the Brorson 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 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.
- 1909 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Brorson quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Sidney quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Brorson (historical) between 2017 and 2020, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Eastern Land Office | LEWIS |
| 14 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Richland County | MAIN HAY - RICHLAND |
| 16 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Richland County | TREE - RICHLAND |
| 30 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Richland County | BRORSON - RICHLAND |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Fischer Park | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| Girard | 9.2 miles | 7 | |
| Riverview | 9.5 miles | 8 | |
| Newlon Junction | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| Wooley | 10.1 miles | 8 | |
| Sioux Pass | 10.3 miles | 7 | |
| Ridgelawn | 11.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1715001. 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.