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Forest Park, Montana

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Glendive census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59330. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Forest Park quadrangle.

Forest Park within Dawson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

Fires near this place

10 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Forest Park between 2017 and 2020, burning about 81 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
12 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresEastern Land OfficeDRY
4 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDawson CountyOLMSTEAD - DAWSON
28 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.2 acresDawson CountySEVENMILE - DAWSON
14 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresEastern Land OfficeDITCH
1 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresEastern Land OfficeBIG SKY
27 June 2017Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresEastern Land OfficeMARSH
6 May 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution36 acresDawson CountyPOWER - DAWSON
15 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresEastern Land OfficeHOLLECKER LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dawson County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Forest Park: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Crisafulli PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ed's CrusherSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gene Wood Ready Mix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Knoll Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lanestaff PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dawson 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
West Glendive0.6 miles8
Landtsheim (historical)2.3 miles7
Glendive2.4 miles8
Colgate6.5 miles7
Curry7.0 miles8
Stipek8.9 miles7
Pleasant View10.3 miles7
Allard11.1 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 771492. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.