Dogtown, Montana

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Fort Belknap census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59526. It stands on Wayne Creek. The Survey maps it on the Savoy quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Dogtown within Blaine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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.

1953 USGS Havre quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Havre quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Havre quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Savoy quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Dodson quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

154 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Dogtown (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 6,165 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 10 were 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	42
Debris and open burning	42
Recreation and ceremony	16
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Natural	12
Smoking	10
Arson/incendiarism	10
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Fireworks	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2

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
7 September 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	2.4 acres	Fort Belknap Agency	MM 434
5 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	65 acres	Fort Belknap Agency	PINK CHURCH
5 September 1999	Smoking	1.0 acres	Fort Belknap Agency	CHERRY 2
3 September 1994	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fort Belknap Agency	OLDTHUNDER
29 September 2005	Fireworks	under an acre	Fort Belknap Agency	OCEAN HILL
26 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Fort Belknap Agency	HAYSTACK
23 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Fort Belknap Agency	CHUCKWAGON
20 September 1994	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Fort Belknap Agency	POWER POLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blaine County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Dogtown (historical): 8 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Blaine 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Savoy	4.1 miles	7
Newtown	7.2 miles	7
Fort Belknap Agency	7.7 miles	7
Harlem	9.7 miles	11
Coburg	9.7 miles	7
North Harlem Colony	10.8 miles	11
Wing (historical)	22.2 miles	9
Turner Colony	22.3 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1722388. 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.