McTwiggan, Montana

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the South Garfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59058. It lies near Timber Butte. The Survey maps it on the Froehlich Butte quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

McTwiggan within Garfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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 Jordan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Froehlich Butte quadrangle1:24000
1993 USGS Sand Springs quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

5 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of McTwiggan (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,796 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
Equipment and vehicle use	3
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
4 September 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Miles City Field Office	DOG CREEK
3 September 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Miles City Field Office	BROWN
18 August 2007	Natural	1.9 acres	Miles City Field Office	TURNER BUTTE
1 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	571 acres	Garfield County	TRIPP COULEE
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
Chimney Crossing	4.8 miles	7
Martin (historical)	7.0 miles	9
Alice (historical)	8.0 miles	8
Mosby	9.3 miles	9
Tindall (historical)	11.6 miles	7
Sand Springs	13.5 miles	7
Benzien	17.3 miles	7
Ross Hall	18.6 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1715975. 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.