BlockMidland, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Ekalaka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59324. It stands on Middle Slick Creek. The Survey maps it on the North Slick Creek 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
8 surveys from 11 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 Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS North Slick Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS North Slick Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 2005 USGS North Slick Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
24 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Midland (historical) between 1994 and 2016, burning about 71,968 acres in total. 20 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 | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Camp Crook Volunteer Fire Department | NORTH PASTURE |
| 15 September 2001 | Natural | 100 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | STORMY BUTTE |
| 15 September 1997 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | LEWTON ASS |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | 1,500 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 9 August 2002 | Natural | 11 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | GRAVEL PIT |
| 30 August 2002 | Natural | 69,900 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | KRAFT SPRINGS |
| 28 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | MATHISON |
| 27 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | SCHELL |
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Midland (historical): 5 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| School Section | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Iron | 14.9 miles | 9 | |
| Capitol | 16.6 miles | 9 | |
| Belltower | 17.1 miles | 8 | |
| Elgin (historical) | 20.1 miles | 10 | |
| Prairie Dale (historical) | 23.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pershing (historical) | 26.6 miles | 8 | |
| Ridgeway | 27.5 miles | 8 | |
| Ekalaka | 30.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1688706. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.