BlockMilford Colony, Montana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59648. The Survey maps it on the Bowmans Corners quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1943 USGS Hogan quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Bowmans Corners quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Dearborn River quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Milford Colony between 2000 and 2003, burning about 372 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2003 | Natural | 372 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 12 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Chapelle Place | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Lower Ellis Place | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Upper Ellis Place | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Clemons (historical) | 10.8 miles | 10 | |
| Dearborn (historical) | 11.0 miles | 11 | |
| Riebeling | 12.5 miles | 11 | |
| Augusta | 14.8 miles | 10 | |
| Gilman | 14.9 miles | 11 |
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 Q122550507 | 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 802142. 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.