BlockMcCabe, Montana
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the East Roosevelt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59218. The Survey maps it on the McCabe West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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 Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Culbertson quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Mc Cabe West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of McCabe between 2017 and 2020, burning about 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Roosevelt County | FDH-MTLG17-293 |
| 12 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Roosevelt County | FDH-MTLG19-356 |
| 11 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Roosevelt County | FDH-MTLG17-279 |
| 29 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Roosevelt County | FDH-MTLG17-101 |
| 27 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 22 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 17 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 17 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lanark | 7.0 miles | 5 | |
| Froid | 8.9 miles | 5 | |
| Culbertson | 10.1 miles | 6 | |
| Bainville | 10.9 miles | 5 | |
| Blair | 14.8 miles | 7 | |
| Boyd (historical) | 15.4 miles | 7 | |
| Lakeside | 15.7 miles | 6 | |
| Slab Crossing | 17.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 773961. 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.