BlockChimney Rock, Montana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Livingston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59047. It stands on Eagle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chimney Rock quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1891 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Chimney Rock quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Chimney Rock between 1992 and 2018, burning about 103 acres in total. 8 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 | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | CAMPFIRE 2 |
| 14 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | DRY CREEK |
| 2 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | FOUSE |
| 2 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | CHIMNEY ROCK |
| 19 August 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | CHIMNEY ROCK |
| 1 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 4 July 2017 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | FORT ELLIS |
| 25 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | MINER |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoffman | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Brisbin | 7.2 miles | 20 | |
| Hoppers | 8.0 miles | 20 | |
| Muir | 8.3 miles | 22 | |
| Pine Creek | 9.7 miles | 20 | |
| Chicory | 10.2 miles | 20 | |
| Pray | 12.1 miles | 20 | |
| Branding Iron Addition | 12.2 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 806921. 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.