BlockLegg, 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 lies near Hawley Flat. The Survey maps it on the Locke Ranch 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 Locke Ranch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Peck Lake West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Legg (historical) between 1992 and 2017, burning about 26,877 acres in total. 10 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 | 10 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | MINNIE |
| 3 September 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | MICKEY |
| 13 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | SODA CR |
| 11 August 2005 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | MUDD BOGG |
| 27 July 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | FERRET |
| 16 July 2006 | Natural | 23,000 acres | North Central Montana District | SODA CREEK FIRE |
| 14 July 2003 | Natural | 3,350 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | MICKEY BUTTE |
| 11 July 1997 | Natural | 222 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | DRYLAKE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| X Crossing | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Fourchette (historical) | 10.4 miles | 9 | |
| Leedy (historical) | 16.6 miles | 9 | |
| Sun Prairie | 19.2 miles | 10 | |
| First Creek (historical) | 19.4 miles | 8 | |
| Dryer Place | 20.5 miles | 9 | |
| Box Elder (historical) | 23.2 miles | 9 | |
| Regina (historical) | 23.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1722052. 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.