BlockCarperville, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hardin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59034. It stands on Chimney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ninemile Point 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 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.
- 1894 USGS Fort Custer quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ninemile Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
72 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Carperville (historical) between 2012 and 2020, burning about 653 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 | 66 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 180 acres | Crow Agency | TORSKE |
| 6 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | 222 NASH LAN |
| 4 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | 1001 HWY3 |
| 31 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | 918 COPPER |
| 20 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | 3385 COULSON RD |
| 20 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | 1985 MARY ST |
| 17 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | COULSON RD |
| 15 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | 1702 STIFFUP RD FA |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1716289. 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.