BlockDryer Place, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the South Phillips census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59538. The Survey maps it on the Schuyler Butte 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.
- 1954 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Schuyler Butte quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Peck Lake West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Dryer Place between 1995 and 2018, burning about 2,918 acres in total. 14 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 | 14 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2005 | Natural | 22 acres | Malta Field Office | EARLY |
| 4 September 2005 | Natural | 450 acres | Malta Field Office | KILLWOMAN |
| 24 August 2017 | Natural | 19 acres | Malta Field Office | ARMSTRONG |
| 2 August 1998 | Natural | 4.0 acres | North Central Montana District | HARTRIDGE |
| 11 August 1995 | Natural | 54 acres | North Central Montana District | LA PLAZ |
| 31 July 1995 | Natural | 20 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | SHED |
| 29 July 2017 | Natural | 29 acres | Phillips County | COALMINE |
| 27 July 2001 | Natural | 180 acres | North Central Montana District | KILL WOMAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leedy (historical) | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Box Elder (historical) | 11.7 miles | 9 | |
| X Crossing | 11.8 miles | 9 | |
| Sun Prairie | 11.9 miles | 10 | |
| First Creek (historical) | 18.8 miles | 8 | |
| Content | 19.1 miles | 7 | |
| Legg (historical) | 20.5 miles | 9 | |
| Fourchette (historical) | 21.5 miles | 9 |
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 Q28450573 | 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 770852. 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.