BlockEtna, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the South Custer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59301. It stands on Prat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Circle L Creek 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
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Circle L Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Etna (historical) between 1996 and 2020, burning about 8,179 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Custer County | PRAT - CUSTER |
| 9 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Custer County | TONGUE RIVER - CUSTER |
| 9 August 1996 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | PRAT |
| 6 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,262 acres | Miles City Field Office | PUMPKIN |
| 6 August 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Custer County | RIVER ROAD - CUSTER |
| 14 August 2020 | Natural | 12 acres | Custer County | WOLF CREEK - CUSTER |
| 10 August 2007 | Natural | 6,692 acres | Miles City Field Office | WOLF CREEK |
| 30 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Custer County | TRUCK - CUSTER |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cutler (historical) | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Garland | 12.4 miles | 8 | |
| Ulmer | 13.9 miles | 9 | |
| Moon Creek (historical) | 14.1 miles | 8 | |
| Beebe | 14.5 miles | 8 | |
| Miles City | 15.6 miles | 9 | |
| Westwood Estates | 15.8 miles | 9 | |
| Paragon | 17.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1716884. 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.