BlockEast Malta Colony, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Malta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59538. The Survey maps it on the Pinks 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.
- 1905 USGS Bowdoin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Malta quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Pinks quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of East Malta Colony between 1992 and 2017, burning about 280 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge | COPPLE |
| 24 August 2017 | Natural | 3.7 acres | Malta Field Office | TELEGRAPH CREEK |
| 22 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 6.7 acres | Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge | BAT WING |
| 15 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge | SALSBERRY |
| 6 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.3 acres | Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge | TOWNSITE |
| 18 June 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge | BEAVER CREEK |
| 19 April 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 236 acres | Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge | DRUMBO RAILROAD |
| 13 April 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge | BEAVER CREEK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowdoin | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Sleeping Buffalo | 10.2 miles | 10 | |
| Ashfield | 10.5 miles | 9 | |
| Cree Crossing | 14.0 miles | 7 | |
| Malta | 14.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cole | 15.2 miles | 8 | |
| Saco | 15.9 miles | 9 | |
| Bone Crossing | 18.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1722071. 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.