BlockJessup, Montana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Creston-Bigfork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59901. The Survey maps it on the Creston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1943 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:125000
- 1957 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Creston quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Creston quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Creston quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
97 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Jessup between 1992 and 2020, burning about 236 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 | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Flathead County | 895 EGAN SLOUGH KALISPELL |
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | MILE MARKER 3 |
| 5 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | YEOMAN HALL |
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | MOUNTAIN BROOK |
| 25 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 140 acres | Northwestern Land Office | PETERS RIDGE |
| 17 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | LIAHONA LANE |
| 14 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northwestern Land Office | HIGHWAY 206 |
| 13 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Northwestern Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jessup in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2013: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Hail | Jessup | $100,000 | A right-moving supercell developed just southeast of Kila and tracked north and east across the Creston area. A local business sustained considerable damage due to the estimated quarter size hail. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jessup | - | A trained spotter two miles north of Creston reported wind gusts up to 60 mph. In addition small hail was reported with this storm. The Creston Fire Department reported|extensive damage from numerous trees blown down onto power lines. A sailboat was tipped over on Blaine Lake with four people thrown into the water. A large fir tree was blown down onto a home on Bachelor Grade Road. Up to 100 trees were blown over along Bachelor Grade Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creston | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Evergreen | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| Demersville (historical) | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Ridgewood Terrace | 8.3 miles | 11 | |
| Rose Crossing | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Negro Prairie (historical) | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Mar-Le Villa | 8.9 miles | 11 | |
| Holt | 8.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 798861. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.