BlockFort Piegan, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Blackfeet Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59427. The Survey maps it on the Fort Piegan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1911 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Fort Piegan quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
49 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Fort Piegan between 1992 and 2019, burning about 10,320 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | BLACK KNIGHT |
| 27 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Blackfeet Agency | POWDERPUFF |
| 22 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Blackfeet Agency | PARDUE |
| 1 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | HAY BALE |
| 8 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Blackfeet Agency | COLONY FIRE |
| 31 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | MARK LEWIS |
| 29 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Blackfeet Agency | WETZEL |
| 28 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Blackfeet Agency | HIDDEN LAKE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fort Piegan: 2 unknowns. None of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden Lake Colony | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Seville Colony | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Sundance | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Meriwether | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Gunsight | 9.8 miles | 12 | |
| Family (historical) | 11.5 miles | 11 | |
| Blackfoot | 12.7 miles | 9 | |
| Piegan | 13.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 794943. 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.