Burns, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Savage-Crane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59262. It lies near Gros Ventre Island. The Survey maps it on the Knife River Mine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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
- 1966 USGS Knife River Mine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Burns between 1998 and 2017, burning about 10 acres in total. 1 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Eastern Land Office | WATER PLANT - MCCONE |
| 22 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | BEEF SLOUGH |
| 11 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | BURNS |
| 22 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Eastern Land Office | ANTELOPE - MCCONE |
| 20 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Eastern Land Office | CIRCLE - MCCONE |
| 18 July 1998 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | JORDAN |
| 8 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.8 acres | Eastern Land Office | BECKER- MCCONE |
| 11 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | NAGEL - MCCONE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knife River | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Savage | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Midway | 10.5 miles | 7 | |
| Hoffmanville | 10.7 miles | 7 | |
| Sears (historical) | 12.8 miles | 7 | |
| Crane | 15.6 miles | 7 | |
| Piche | 18.4 miles | 7 | |
| Newlon Junction | 22.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 769416. 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.





