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Kingley, Montana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hardin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59034. It lies near Robs Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Foster quadrangle.

Kingley within Big Horn County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

40 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Kingley between 2016 and 2020, burning about 440 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBig Horn CountyN. DRY CREEK ROAD
5 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land Office8325 HOFFERBER
20 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land Office3385 COULSON RD
20 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land Office1985 MARY ST
17 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeCOULSON RD
15 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land Office1702 STIFFUP RD FA
15 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeS 12TH ST
15 August 2016Natural2.6 acresSouthern Land OfficeRATTLESNAKE LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Big Horn County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Foster1.9 miles11
Carperville (historical)3.1 miles11
Old Ford Place7.7 miles6
Hardin11.5 miles12
Rowley15.0 miles10
Dunmore16.0 miles12
Toluca17.7 miles10
Corinth19.5 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122550773The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 773052. 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.