BlockChimney Crossing, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the South Garfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59077. It stands on Dry Fork Calf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cox Butte quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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 Jordan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Cox Butte quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Sand Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Chimney Crossing between 2007 and 2020, burning about 576 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | BROWN |
| 18 August 2007 | Natural | 1.9 acres | Miles City Field Office | TURNER BUTTE |
| 1 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 571 acres | Garfield County | TRIPP COULEE |
| 27 July 2012 | Natural | 2.7 acres | Miles City Field Office | DUTTON RANCH |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| McTwiggan (historical) | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Alice (historical) | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Sand Springs | 9.2 miles | 7 | |
| Tindall (historical) | 9.9 miles | 7 | |
| Martin (historical) | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Mosby | 14.1 miles | 9 | |
| Benzien | 16.9 miles | 7 | |
| Edwards | 17.4 miles | 7 |
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 Q122567286 | 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 769837. 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.