BlockLudington, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Fairview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59221. It stands on Second Hay Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fairview quadrangle. It stands 1,913 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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.
- 1909 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Fairview quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Sidney quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Fairview quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Ludington in 2016, burning about 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2016 | Natural | 15 acres | Eastern Land Office | BRINKLEY - MCCONE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Ridgelawn | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Wooley | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Fischer Park | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| Sidney | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Nohly | 11.8 miles | 8 | |
| Riverview | 12.1 miles | 8 | |
| Brorson (historical) | 12.8 miles | 7 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Ludington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30622817 | The 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 773757. 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.