BlockHopsonville, Montana
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Rosebud census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59327. It stands on Corral Creek. The Survey maps it on the Colstrip East 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 6 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 Hardin quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Colstrip East quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Lame Deer quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Hopsonville (historical) between 1996 and 2020, burning about 3,994 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | STOCKER |
| 23 September 2020 | Natural | 467 acres | Rosebud County | EAST SEVEN MILE |
| 4 August 2020 | Natural | 817 acres | Rosebud County | SHEARING PEN |
| 31 August 1996 | Natural | 1,000 acres | Eastern Land Office | COLSTRIP |
| 31 August 1996 | Natural | 600 acres | Eastern Land Office | SWEENEY CREEK |
| 28 August 1996 | Natural | 70 acres | Eastern Land Office | WIMER |
| 24 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Eastern Land Office | ROMEO |
| 13 May 1998 | Natural | 1,033 acres | Miles City Field Office | SO FORK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colstrip | 5.5 miles | 6 | |
| Castle Rock (historical) | 11.3 miles | 6 | |
| Sabra (historical) | 13.3 miles | 8 | |
| Lee (historical) | 14.0 miles | 6 | |
| Signal Butte (historical) | 14.5 miles | 6 | |
| Crain Place | 17.5 miles | 8 | |
| Saints Rest (historical) | 18.9 miles | 7 | |
| Wood Place | 19.7 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1716791. 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.