BlockDovetail, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Winnett North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59087. It lies near Lane Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Davis Spring quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Davis Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Winnett quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Dovetail (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,313 acres in total. 15 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 1997 | Natural | 10 acres | North Central Montana District | TWO CROW |
| 5 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | North Central Montana District | HUNTERS |
| 4 August 2020 | Natural | 12 acres | Petroleum County | 79 TRAIL |
| 4 August 2004 | Natural | 30 acres | North Central Montana District | DRAG |
| 3 August 2014 | Natural | 6.1 acres | North Central Montana District | RALSTON |
| 3 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | WEAVER ASSIST |
| 13 August 2003 | Natural | 1.5 acres | North Central Montana District | PITCHER |
| 11 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | North Central Montana District | NO SMOKE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woods Place | 11.4 miles | 9 | |
| Muscleshell City (historical) | 17.3 miles | 9 | |
| Shay (historical) | 18.8 miles | 8 | |
| Cat Creek | 22.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hoyle (historical) | 23.0 miles | 8 | |
| Jitney (historical) | 24.3 miles | 9 | |
| Winnett | 24.8 miles | 8 | |
| Blakeslee (historical) | 26.7 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1721605. 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.