Douglas, Montana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1968. It stands in the Blackfeet Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59411. It stands on Davis Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Wetzel quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Douglas within Glacier County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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.

1901 USGS Browning quadrangle1:125000
1903 USGS Browning quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Wetzel quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

15 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Douglas (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 4,243 acres in total. 4 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	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Debris and open burning	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Fireworks	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
6 September 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Blackfeet Agency	RUMNEY FIRE
12 September 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Blackfeet Agency	ICE
6 August 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Blackfeet Agency	NAMELESSS
5 August 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Blackfeet Agency	SUPPORT
2 August 2014	Natural	1.0 acres	Blackfeet Agency	MANY BUCK
16 August 2017	Misuse of fire by a minor	3,035 acres	Blackfeet Agency	WOLVERINE
12 August 2017	Natural	1.5 acres	Blackfeet Agency	DUCK LAKE
31 July 1994	Natural	1,080 acres	Blackfeet Agency	LIVERMORE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Wetzel

Every fire recorded in Glacier County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Douglas (historical): 3 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

Every working recorded in Glacier 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
Wetzel	7.9 miles	9
Babb	11.7 miles	10
Sullivan (historical)	12.4 miles	9
Saint Mary	13.9 miles	11
Cassidy Curve	17.9 miles	23
Starr School	19.2 miles	9
Rising Sun	19.6 miles	23
Kiowa	21.8 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1750479. 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.