BlockCoal Creek, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Circle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59215. It lies near Devils Table Rock. The Survey maps it on the Rodgers Hall 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 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.
- 1954 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Rodgers Hall quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Fort Peck Lake East quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Coal Creek (historical) in 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. None 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | McCone County | HORSE CREEK - MCCONE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weldon | 10.0 miles | 5 | |
| White (historical) | 16.1 miles | 7 | |
| Paris (historical) | 17.3 miles | 7 | |
| Prairie Elk (historical) | 20.2 miles | 5 | |
| Watkins | 21.4 miles | 6 | |
| Brockway | 21.6 miles | 6 | |
| Hamblin (historical) | 23.2 miles | 5 | |
| Lost Creek (historical) | 24.3 miles | 5 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1716192. 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.