BlockGolden Ridge, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Fairfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59436. It lies near Silve Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Golden Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1920 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Freezeout Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Golden Ridge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Golden Ridge between 1993 and 2017, burning about 7,680 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central Land Office | AUGUSTA |
| 15 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 3 November 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,680 acres | Central Land Office | FREEZEOUT LAKE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastham Junction | 13.2 miles | 11 | |
| Fairfield | 13.5 miles | 15 | |
| Bole | 15.1 miles | 11 | |
| Choteau Junction | 16.6 miles | 11 | |
| Choteau | 17.0 miles | 11 | |
| Truchot Hill | 18.6 miles | 11 | |
| Cleiv | 19.5 miles | 15 | |
| Greenfield | 20.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 771838. 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.