BlockGrahams Place, Montana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Madison Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59720. It stands on Soap Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cliff Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1950 USGS Cliff Lake quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Cliff Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Hebgen Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Cliff Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Grahams Place between 1994 and 2020, burning about 56 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 | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | HALF PINT |
| 28 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
| 28 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
| 28 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
| 24 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | STANDARD CREEK 5 |
| 22 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 22 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 21 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | STANDARD CREEK 4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Grahams Place: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Butte Deposit | Iron | Prospect | 1957 | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schusters Place | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Cliff Lake | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Missouri Flats (historical) | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Abe (historical) | 13.8 miles | 23 | |
| Woodward Place | 21.2 miles | 20 | |
| Cameron | 24.3 miles | 21 | |
| Reeder Place | 25.8 miles | 15 | |
| Tate Place | 26.6 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122546729 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 806950. 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.