BlockHoward, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Forsyth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59327. The Survey maps it on the Finch 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
6 surveys from 9 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 Forsyth quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Finch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Howard (historical) between 2000 and 2017, burning about 1,114 acres in total. 1 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 | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Eastern Land Office | 659 RESERVATION |
| 28 August 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Eastern Land Office | NORTH RESERVATION |
| 5 July 2000 | Natural | 700 acres | Miles City Field Office | WYANT COULEE |
| 31 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.9 acres | Eastern Land Office | HAMMOND VALLEY |
| 30 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 400 acres | Southern Land Office | HAINES - TREASURE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finch | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Nichols | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Cold Spring | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| Vananda | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Forsyth | 13.3 miles | 9 | |
| Porcupine (historical) | 14.4 miles | 9 | |
| Orinoco | 18.1 miles | 9 | |
| Ahles | 19.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1716747. 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.