BlockMarsh, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Glendive census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59326. The Survey maps it on the Marsh quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Marsh quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Wibaux quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Marsh between 2016 and 2020, burning about 124 acres in total. None 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | CANAL |
| 6 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Dawson County | WHITMIER - DAWSON |
| 9 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Dawson County | ASCHE - DAWSON |
| 30 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Eastern Land Office | HATCHER - PRAIRIE |
| 13 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | BAD ROUTE - DAWSON |
| 6 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 28 acres | Eastern Land Office | FORCELLA - PRAIRIE |
| 1 October 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 70 acres | Dawson County | GOPHER - DAWSON |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoyt | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasant View | 10.1 miles | 7 | |
| Colgate | 12.6 miles | 7 | |
| Forest Park | 17.5 miles | 7 | |
| Landtsheim (historical) | 17.8 miles | 7 | |
| West Glendive | 18.1 miles | 8 | |
| Glendive | 18.9 miles | 8 | |
| Curry | 21.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 801127. 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.