BlockKeplerville, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the South Garfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59337. It lies near Allen Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Ada Creek 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 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 Jordan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Ada Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Keplerville (historical) between 2007 and 2011, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | DRY |
| 12 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | CLINT |
| 12 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.4 acres | Miles City Field Office | LANGS FORK |
| 22 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | RUSSIAN COULEE |
| 22 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | N 57 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Norman | 11.3 miles | 7 | |
| Phon (historical) | 11.8 miles | 8 | |
| Jordan | 16.5 miles | 8 | |
| Freedom (historical) | 19.2 miles | 7 | |
| Allen (historical) | 19.8 miles | 7 | |
| Cohagen | 20.1 miles | 8 | |
| Purewater (historical) | 21.2 miles | 7 | |
| Watson Flats (historical) | 24.8 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1715979. 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.