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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.

Craver within Stillwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

16 since 1999

Regional 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/undetermined9
Natural3
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
19 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use663 acresSouthern Land OfficeARROWHEAD
8 August 2003Natural5.0 acresMiles City Field OfficeBRUMFELD
24 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStillwater CountyI-90 MM 406
21 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined9,870 acresSouthern Land OfficeSTUMP GULCH
19 August 2007Natural25 acresBillings Field OfficeSPRINGTIME HILL
15 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresStillwater County1438 HWY 10 FIRE
1 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeI 90 MM 396
30 July 2019Naturalunder an acreStillwater CountyEAGLES NEST RANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stillwater County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Springtime0.4 miles14
Columbus8.0 miles14
Reed Point8.6 miles15
Absarokee12.6 miles14
Busteed17.0 miles14
Fishtail18.0 miles12
Rapelje20.1 miles14
Beehive23.5 miles14

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.