BlockKnox, Montana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Huntley Project census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59006. The Survey maps it on the Worden quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1893 USGS Huntley quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Worden quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Billings quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
33 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Knox between 2006 and 2020, burning about 502 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 | 26 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2017 | Other causes | under an acre | Southern Land Office | HWY 312 E@ S 6TH RD |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Yellowstone County | END OF 18 N. |
| 1 September 2016 | Natural | 50 acres | Southern Land Office | CHICKEN |
| 23 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Southern Land Office | INTERSTATE 94 |
| 22 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Billings Field Office | HUNTLEY DAM |
| 21 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | HAY RAIL |
| 20 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | MM10 I94 E |
| 1 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Southern Land Office | BAILER |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 773111. 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.