Craver, Montana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Columbus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59019. It lies near Stump Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Springtime quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1892 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Springtime quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Big Timber quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Craver between 1999 and 2020, burning about 10,969 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 | 9 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 663 acres | Southern Land Office | ARROWHEAD |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | BRUMFELD |
| 24 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Stillwater County | I-90 MM 406 |
| 21 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,870 acres | Southern Land Office | STUMP GULCH |
| 19 August 2007 | Natural | 25 acres | Billings Field Office | SPRINGTIME HILL |
| 15 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Stillwater County | 1438 HWY 10 FIRE |
| 1 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | I 90 MM 396 |
| 30 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Stillwater County | EAGLES NEST 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springtime | 0.4 miles | 14 | |
| Columbus | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Reed Point | 8.6 miles | 15 | |
| Absarokee | 12.6 miles | 14 | |
| Busteed | 17.0 miles | 14 | |
| Fishtail | 18.0 miles | 12 | |
| Rapelje | 20.1 miles | 14 | |
| Beehive | 23.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 770282. 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.





