BlockLeedy, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the South Phillips census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59538. It stands on Kill Woman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Schuyler Butte 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 9 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 Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Schuyler Butte quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Peck Lake West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Leedy (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 8,495 acres in total. 18 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 | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 1998 | Natural | 4,926 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | HERMAN RDG |
| 15 August 2015 | Natural | 38 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | HAWK |
| 11 August 1995 | Natural | 54 acres | North Central Montana District | LA PLAZ |
| 10 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | DEVILS CREEK |
| 8 July 2015 | Natural | 381 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | BELLE |
| 31 July 1995 | Natural | 20 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | SHED |
| 3 July 1996 | Natural | 472 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | KILLWOMAN |
| 27 July 2001 | Natural | 180 acres | North Central Montana District | KILL WOMAN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dryer Place | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| X Crossing | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Sun Prairie | 15.2 miles | 10 | |
| Box Elder (historical) | 16.4 miles | 9 | |
| Legg (historical) | 16.6 miles | 9 | |
| Fourchette (historical) | 20.4 miles | 9 | |
| First Creek (historical) | 21.0 miles | 8 | |
| Content | 25.2 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1722053. 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.