BlockGolden, Montana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Fromberg-Bridger census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59014. The Survey maps it on the Hatcher Pass quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Hatcher Pass quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Bridger quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Golden (historical) between 1995 and 2020, burning about 358 acres in total. 6 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 | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carbon County | 29 BROWN LN |
| 2 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | SAGE ASSIS |
| 17 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | DRY CREEK ASSIST |
| 13 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | 310 HIGHWAY |
| 4 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | BRIDGER CEMETARY |
| 3 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Billings Field Office | PANHEAD |
| 3 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carbon County | 466 N. DRY CREEK |
| 3 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carbon County | 225 PAN HEAD ALLY |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belfry | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Bridger | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Cherry Springs (historical) | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Wade | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| Bearcreek | 10.9 miles | 15 | |
| Eagle (historical) | 12.3 miles | 15 | |
| Fromberg | 12.4 miles | 10 | |
| Coalville (historical) | 12.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1726801. 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.