Martin, Montana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the South Garfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59058. The Survey maps it on the Dutton Ranch quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Martin within Garfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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 Forsyth quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Dutton Ranch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1979 USGS Melstone quadrangle1:100000
1983 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

2 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Martin (historical) between 1994 and 2000, burning about 1,255 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
Natural	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
2 August 2000	Natural	35 acres	Miles City Field Office	DUTCH OVEN
1 August 1994	Natural	1,220 acres	Miles City Field Office	CHALK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garfield County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
McTwiggan (historical)	7.0 miles	7
Alice (historical)	9.2 miles	8
Mosby	9.4 miles	9
Chimney Crossing	10.0 miles	7
Tindall (historical)	18.6 miles	7
Sand Springs	19.2 miles	7
Ross Hall	23.2 miles	7
Benzien	24.2 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1715977. 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.