BlockChausse, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ekalaka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59324. The Survey maps it on the Piney Butte SW 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
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Baker quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Piney Butte SW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Chausse (historical) between 1999 and 2012, burning about 11,136 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2007 | Natural | 20 acres | Miles City Field Office | COFFEE POT |
| 1 August 2012 | Natural | 3,316 acres | Miles City Field Office | MADEARIS |
| 31 October 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7,800 acres | Eastern Land Office | JOHNSTONE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Flats (historical) | 15.2 miles | 9 | |
| Ekalaka | 15.8 miles | 9 | |
| Pershing (historical) | 23.7 miles | 8 | |
| Elgin (historical) | 27.5 miles | 10 | |
| Chalk Buttes (historical) | 27.7 miles | 9 | |
| Prairie Dale (historical) | 28.3 miles | 8 | |
| Mill Iron | 31.5 miles | 9 | |
| Belltower | 35.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1688727. 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.