BlockMontaqua, Montana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Joliet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59041. The Survey maps it on the Montaqua quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montaqua quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Billings quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Montaqua between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,035 acres in total. 7 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 | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | GRANITE |
| 2 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carbon County | 10087 US HWY 212 1 |
| 3 August 2008 | Natural | 300 acres | Billings Field Office | ROCK QUARRY |
| 2 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | 3825 TRAILMASTER DR |
| 19 August 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 80 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | POWER POLE ASSIST |
| 17 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Southern Land Office | 18-9321 |
| 16 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Southern Land Office | CFS18-9277 |
| 9 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 521 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | FAREWELL MUTUAL AID |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 774349. 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.