BlockKahle, Montana
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Fort Peck Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59263. The Survey maps it on the Nielsen Coulee 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
4 surveys from 5 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 Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Nielsen Coulee quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Scobey quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Kahle (historical) between 1994 and 2018, burning about 338 acres in total. 2 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 | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.1 acres | Fort Peck Agency | HWY13MM28 |
| 7 August 2010 | Natural | 200 acres | Fort Peck Agency | HWY 13 MM39 |
| 7 August 1995 | Natural | 25 acres | Fort Peck Agency | HAWBAKER |
| 28 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Fort Peck Agency | BRIDGES |
| 24 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 99 acres | Fort Peck Agency | 3 TIMES |
| 5 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fort Peck Agency | DANIELS |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kahle (historical): 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scobey | 14.9 miles | 5 | |
| Four Buttes | 17.4 miles | 5 | |
| Madoc | 18.7 miles | 5 | |
| Pleasant Prairie | 20.6 miles | 5 | |
| Flaxville | 22.1 miles | 5 | |
| Peerless | 23.7 miles | 5 | |
| West Fork | 24.5 miles | 5 | |
| Julian (historical) | 25.7 miles | 5 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1637379. 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.