BlockGeary, Montana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Helmville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59854. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ovando Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1902 USGS Ovando quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Ovando quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Ovando Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Seeley Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Ovando Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
68 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Geary between 1993 and 2020, burning about 292 acres in total. 38 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 | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | OVANDO MOUNTAIN |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | WARREN CREEK |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | EVANS LAKE |
| 4 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | BEAR TRAIL |
| 2 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 9 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | not named |
| 8 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | OVANDO MOUNTAIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Geary: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Brick Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Deposit Near N Fork of the Blackfoot River | Brick Clay | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 798937. 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.