Eskay, Montana

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1964. It stands in the Big Sandy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59520. The Survey maps it on the Pigtail Coulee quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Eskay within Chouteau County

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 7 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.

1954 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1964 USGS Pigtail Coulee quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

4 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Eskay (historical) between 1994 and 2009, burning about 74 acres in total. 3 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	3
Equipment and vehicle use	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
1 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	60 acres	North Central Montana District	BIRCHCREEK
5 July 2009	Natural	3.4 acres	Malta Field Office	BIRCH CREEK
21 June 1994	Natural	10 acres	North Central Montana District	CHASEHILL
17 June 2009	Natural	1.1 acres	Malta Field Office	GREEN BENCH

Every fire recorded in Chouteau 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
Iliad	8.2 miles	8
Eagleton	11.1 miles	7
Hopp (historical)	14.2 miles	7
Warrick	16.8 miles	10
Parker School	29.5 miles	10
Boneau	33.9 miles	9
Coal Banks Landing	34.4 miles	9
Big Sandy	34.9 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1750093. 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.