BlockGordon, Montana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sun River Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59487. The Survey maps it on the Power quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1886 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Vaughn quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Vaughn quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Great Falls North quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Power quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Gordon between 1998 and 2019, burning about 3 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 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge | PUMPHOUSE |
| 17 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Teton County | not named |
| 24 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Teton County | not named |
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 Gordon: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Clay | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vaughn | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Sun River | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Ashuelot | 10.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sun Prairie | 10.8 miles | 15 | |
| Manchester | 11.5 miles | 15 | |
| Fort Shaw | 12.2 miles | 15 | |
| Ulm | 15.6 miles | 16 | |
| Fair Haven Colony | 15.6 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 771869. 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.