BlockMidway Colony, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Conrad census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59416. The Survey maps it on the Conrad SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1920 USGS Conrad quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Conrad SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Conrad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Midway Colony between 2018 and 2019, burning about 67 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Chouteau County | FDH-MTLG19-181 |
| 19 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 30 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 13 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Teton County | not named |
| 6 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Pondera County | not named |
| 26 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Central 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erickson (historical) | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Midway (historical) | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Gallup City | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Conrad | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Brady | 8.5 miles | 7 | |
| Manson | 11.7 miles | 11 | |
| Williams | 16.0 miles | 12 | |
| Ledger | 16.1 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2806657. 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.