BlockGoldstone, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Rudyard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59540. The Survey maps it on the Goldstone quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1919 USGS Alma quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Goldstone quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Chester quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Goldstone in 2020, burning about 1,000 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,000 acres | Hill County | FDH-MTLG12-294 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minneota (historical) | 7.0 miles | 7 | |
| Fox Crossing | 7.6 miles | 7 | |
| Gildford Colony | 14.7 miles | 8 | |
| Simpson | 17.4 miles | 7 | |
| Rudyard | 23.5 miles | 7 | |
| Hingham | 24.5 miles | 8 | |
| Inverness | 25.0 miles | 7 | |
| Iverness | 25.1 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 771844. 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.