BlockGlacier Colony, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Cut Bank census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59427. The Survey maps it on the Glacier Colony 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.
- 1909 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:125000
- 1912 USGS Cut Bank 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 Glacier Colony quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Glacier Colony between 1997 and 2004, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 June 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | GOBERT TRA |
| 21 December 1997 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Blackfeet Agency | LORING |
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 Glacier Colony: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron-Titanium Occurrence | Iron, Titanium | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tipville (historical) | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Zenith Colony | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Korner (historical) | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Horizon Colony | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Santa Rita | 10.6 miles | 13 | |
| Cut Bank | 14.9 miles | 13 | |
| Glendale Colony | 17.3 miles | 9 | |
| Gunsight | 18.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 771790. 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.