BlockMetersville, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the North Garfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59318. The Survey maps it on the Spring Creek School quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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 Jordan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Spring Creek School quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Sand Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
27 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Metersville (historical) between 1993 and 2019, burning about 3,437 acres in total. 23 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 | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | SHAWVER |
| 20 September 1998 | Natural | 119 acres | Miles City Field Office | HAY |
| 19 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | INDIAN CREEK |
| 9 August 2019 | Natural | 4.1 acres | Miles City Field Office | CANYON |
| 5 August 2017 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | NOON |
| 4 August 2009 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | HAY COULEE |
| 26 August 2016 | Natural | 26 acres | Miles City Field Office | HAY COULEE |
| 23 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | NORTH PINE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazny (historical) | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Blackfoot (historical) | 9.5 miles | 7 | |
| Smithson (historical) | 16.6 miles | 9 | |
| Benzien | 16.7 miles | 7 | |
| Brusett | 18.3 miles | 7 | |
| Butte Creek (historical) | 18.4 miles | 7 | |
| Bruce (historical) | 19.3 miles | 7 | |
| Steve Forks | 20.7 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1715970. 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.