BlockJimtown, Montana
7 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 Lame Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jimtown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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
- 1958 USGS Jimtown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Lame Deer quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
519 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 519 fires within 5 miles of Jimtown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,045 acres in total. 83 started naturally. 60 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 107 |
| Fireworks | 84 |
| Natural | 83 |
| Debris and open burning | 67 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 58 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Other causes | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Northern Cheyenne Agency | BADGER |
| 9 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Northern Cheyenne Agency | BAPTIST |
| 9 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Northern Cheyenne Agency | MATCH BOOK |
| 8 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northern Cheyenne Agency | COWBOY CAMP |
| 8 September 2015 | Other causes | under an acre | Northern Cheyenne Agency | EAST SIDE 3 |
| 7 September 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Northern Cheyenne Agency | ICECREAM |
| 5 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Cheyenne Agency | LITTLEWOLF |
| 5 September 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Northern Cheyenne Agency | WEST SIDE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Jimtown: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Pit | Bentonite | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saints Rest (historical) | 1.3 miles | 7 | |
| Lame Deer | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Wood Place | 14.3 miles | 8 | |
| Colstrip | 14.6 miles | 6 | |
| Castle Rock (historical) | 14.9 miles | 6 | |
| Hopsonville (historical) | 20.0 miles | 6 | |
| Lee (historical) | 20.5 miles | 6 | |
| Birney Day School | 21.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 772828. 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.