BlockMidale, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the South Phillips census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59538. The Survey maps it on the Veseth Reservoir quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Veseth Reservoir quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Zortman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Midale between 1999 and 2012, burning about 254 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2012 | Natural | 3.1 acres | Malta Field Office | ALLEY OOP |
| 24 July 1999 | Natural | 251 acres | North Central Montana District | BEAVER |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regina (historical) | 9.5 miles | 9 | |
| Old Whitcomb Place | 11.2 miles | 9 | |
| Trine (historical) | 12.4 miles | 8 | |
| Phillips | 13.1 miles | 7 | |
| First Creek (historical) | 15.2 miles | 8 | |
| Brookside (historical) | 15.4 miles | 7 | |
| Fourchette (historical) | 15.6 miles | 9 | |
| Zortman | 19.3 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122560112 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 774135. 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.