BlockDY Junction, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the South Phillips census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59546. The Survey maps it on the D Y Junction quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1943 USGS Landusky quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS D Y Junction quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Zortman 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 DY Junction between 1994 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 7 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Malta Field Office | JD RESEVIOR |
| 19 September 1994 | Natural | 5.0 acres | North Central Montana District | BUTTE RES |
| 31 August 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | North Central Montana District | MITCHELLS |
| 30 August 1996 | Natural | 10 acres | North Central Montana District | SQUAW CR |
| 29 August 1996 | Natural | 8.0 acres | North Central Montana District | THORNBUTTE |
| 22 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.8 acres | Malta Field Office | ROADSIDE |
| 16 August 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | North Central Montana District | ROADSIDE |
| 2 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Malta Field Office | THORNHILL BUTTE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of DY Junction: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Pit | Clay | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landusky | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Zortman | 10.2 miles | 9 | |
| Whitcomb (historical) | 10.2 miles | 9 | |
| Trine (historical) | 15.3 miles | 8 | |
| Brookside (historical) | 26.0 miles | 7 | |
| Midale | 26.1 miles | 8 | |
| Phillips | 32.3 miles | 7 | |
| Fourchette (historical) | 35.4 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 Q122593907 | 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 770419. 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.