BlockCanyon Creek Boat Landing, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the South Fork census division. It stands on Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pioneer Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1914 USGS Nyack quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Pioneer Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Hungry Horse Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Pioneer Ridge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Canyon Creek Boat Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 882 acres in total. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Natural | 875 acres | Flathead National Forest | FELIX |
| 2 September 2015 | Natural | 1.7 acres | Flathead National Forest | GRAVES |
| 15 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | PAINT CREEK |
| 11 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | FELIX |
| 9 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | PAINT CREEK |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | CANYON CREEK |
| 9 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | not named |
| 5 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | PIONEER RIDGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Canyon Creek Boat Landing: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silica, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felix Creek Prospects | Silica, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Copper & Gold | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Unawah Creek Prospects | Copper | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essex | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Nimrod | 10.7 miles | 13 | |
| Pinnacle | 11.6 miles | 13 | |
| Quintonkon | 13.3 miles | 14 | |
| Mud Lake (historical) | 13.9 miles | 12 | |
| Bear Creek Village | 14.6 miles | 12 | |
| Negro Prairie (historical) | 14.7 miles | 12 | |
| Singleshot | 15.4 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122563409 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 780905. 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.