BlockMoon Creek, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the South Custer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59301. The Survey maps it on the Moon Creek School 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
6 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 Forsyth quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Moon Creek School quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
12 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Moon Creek (historical) between 2001 and 2020, burning about 668 acres in total. 8 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | CASTLE BUTTE RD@PINEVEIWRD |
| 5 August 2020 | Natural | 58 acres | Custer County | HORTON |
| 17 August 2006 | Natural | 12 acres | Miles City Field Office | HORTON HOLLOW |
| 13 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Custer County | YANK CREEK - CUSTER |
| 12 August 2003 | Natural | 10 acres | Eastern Land Office | not named |
| 26 July 2009 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | GRAVEYARD |
| 23 July 2001 | Natural | 26 acres | Miles City Field Office | HORTON HOLLOW |
| 2 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Eastern Land Office | WEST SHEARING PIN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sadie (historical) | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Horton | 10.2 miles | 9 | |
| Sheffield | 10.7 miles | 9 | |
| Garland | 11.8 miles | 8 | |
| Paragon | 12.0 miles | 9 | |
| Ulmer | 12.7 miles | 9 | |
| Etna (historical) | 14.1 miles | 8 | |
| Cutler (historical) | 16.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1716853. 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.