BlockFord, Montana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Columbia Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59928. It stands on Tepee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trailcreek quadrangle.
On record in Ford
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Ford Schoolhouselisted 2022 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1906 USGS Kinta Lakes quadrangle1:125000
- 1906 USGS Kintla Lakes quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1938 USGS Kintla Lakes quadrangle1:125000
- 1957 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Trailcreek quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Whitefish Range quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Trailcreek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Ford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 551 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 4 were 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 | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | MUD MEADOW |
| 25 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | GUEST RANCH FIRE |
| 18 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | CENTER MOUNTAIN |
| 10 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | ASHLEY |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | HAWK CREEK |
| 9 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | ROUND PRAIRIE |
| 8 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | MOOSE FLATS |
| 8 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | KINTLA ROAD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wurtz Hill | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Trailcreek | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Reuter (historical) | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Polebridge | 9.1 miles | 14 | |
| Radnor | 23.7 miles | 12 | |
| Olney | 24.9 miles | 12 | |
| Lupfer | 27.9 miles | 11 | |
| Vista | 28.5 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 800801. 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.