BlockFalse Summit, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Glacier National Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59434. It stands on Summit Creek. The Survey maps it on the Summit quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1913 USGS Marias Pass quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Summit quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Hungry Horse Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Summit quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of False Summit between 1995 and 2018, burning about 40 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | DANCING LADY |
| 15 July 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | BRAKE |
| 16 June 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Glacier National Park | LUBEC |
| 16 June 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Blackfeet Agency | 203 RR |
| 14 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | RAMSEY |
| 21 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Glacier National Park | MILE MARKER 206 |
| 19 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Blackfeet Agency | EDVANDEKOP |
| 30 October 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | LUBEC |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bison | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Summit | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| East Glacier Park | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| East Glacier Park Village | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Kiowa | 12.1 miles | 10 | |
| Star | 12.4 miles | 9 | |
| Durham | 13.3 miles | 9 | |
| Starr School | 16.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 783300. 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.