BlockCheckerboard, Montana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Martinsdale-Ringling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59053. It stands on Brooks Creek. The Survey maps it on the Checkerboard quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 17 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.
- 1886 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1897 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000
- 1898 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000
- 1902 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Checkerboard quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Checkerboard quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Checkerboard between 1992 and 2018, burning about 5 acres in total. 13 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 | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | SPRING CREEK |
| 13 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | SPRING CREEK |
| 4 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | SPRING CREEK EAST |
| 14 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | LOWER TRAIL |
| 7 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | CHECKERBOARD |
| 31 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | SPRING CREEK |
| 21 July 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | CHECKERBOARD 2 |
| 21 July 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | CHECKERBOARD 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Checkerboard: 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Lead, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calumet-Jamison Hecla | Lead, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Copperopolis | Copper, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Little Belt Mine | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Spring Creek | Limestone, General | Unknown | ||
| Biesel Mine | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Copper Duke | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson | 9.4 miles | 19 | |
| Findon (historical) | 10.7 miles | 18 | |
| Lennep | 10.8 miles | 17 | |
| Castle Town | 11.2 miles | 19 | |
| Groveland | 12.3 miles | 17 | |
| Bruno | 14.5 miles | 19 | |
| Martinsdale | 14.7 miles | 16 | |
| Gauglersville (historical) | 15.4 miles | 16 |
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 Q122546990 | 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 806920. 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.