BlockDodge Summit, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Troy census division. It lies near Red Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Red Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1957 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Red Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Yaak River quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Red Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Dodge Summit between 1992 and 2018, burning about 958 acres in total. 34 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 | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Kootenai National Forest | 8000 |
| 22 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | YOUNG DODGE |
| 2 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | BURRO |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | PORCUPINE |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | 2.3 acres | Kootenai National Forest | ROBINSON |
| 6 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | PORCUPINE |
| 6 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | SULLIVAN |
| 4 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | DODGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Dodge Summit: 5 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Copper, Iron, Silver, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Occurrence | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Copper | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Galena, Copper, & Silver | Lead, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Silver, Gold, & Copper | Silver, Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Galena & Copper | Lead, Copper | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside (historical) | 9.5 miles | 11 | |
| Rexford | 9.9 miles | 11 | |
| Gateway (historical) | 11.2 miles | 11 | |
| Stonehill (historical) | 12.3 miles | 9 | |
| Tobacco (historical) | 16.0 miles | 10 | |
| Mills Springs (historical) | 16.1 miles | 10 | |
| Midvale | 16.3 miles | 10 | |
| Eureka | 16.4 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122544432 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 782431. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.