BlockColgate, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Glendive census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59330. It stands on Forbill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Forest Park 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.
- 1909 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Forest Park quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Colgate between 2002 and 2020, burning about 126 acres in total. 3 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 | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| 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 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Dawson County | SHOULDER - DAWSON |
| 28 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Dawson County | STUCK - DAWSON |
| 8 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | WHOOP UP |
| 20 July 2002 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | not named |
| 19 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | SIX |
| 19 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | SAND CREEK |
| 18 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Eastern Land Office | TRANMOE ISLAND |
| 10 July 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.2 acres | Eastern Land Office | FORSYTH SUB |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Park | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Glendive | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| West Glendive | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Hoyt | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Landtsheim (historical) | 8.1 miles | 7 | |
| Curry | 8.8 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasant View | 9.4 miles | 7 | |
| Allard | 10.2 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 770029. 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.