BlockBurnt Creek, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the South Treasure census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59010. It lies near Bulldog Butte. The Survey maps it on the South Bear Creek 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 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.
- 1954 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS South Bear Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Hysham quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Burnt Creek (historical) between 2003 and 2020, burning about 12,492 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2020 | Natural | 250 acres | Treasure County | TOLLUCK |
| 22 September 2020 | Natural | 10,744 acres | Treasure County | GASS FLATS |
| 26 July 2009 | Natural | 137 acres | Billings Field Office | MOEHR |
| 26 July 2006 | Natural | 1,350 acres | Southern Land Office | HUTCHINS COULEE |
| 1 July 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Crow Agency | SIDE |
| 6 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Southern Land Office | OSWALD AND HEAG RD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bighorn | 15.2 miles | 12 | |
| Kurtzville (historical) | 15.2 miles | 12 | |
| Etchetah (historical) | 16.9 miles | 12 | |
| Myers | 16.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hysham | 18.7 miles | 9 | |
| Rancher (historical) | 19.1 miles | 9 | |
| Sanders | 19.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1721517. 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.