BlockMoulton, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hanover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59451. The Survey maps it on the Hilger quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Hilger quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Moulton between 2018 and 2019, burning about 5 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 | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 26 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fergus County | FDH-MTLG08-84 |
| 13 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.8 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Moulton: 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dog Creek Placer | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Plum Creek Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moulton in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christina | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Hilger | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Kendall (historical) | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Cone Butte (historical) | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Suffolk | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Armells (historical) | 9.3 miles | 8 | |
| Salt Creek (historical) | 9.9 miles | 8 | |
| Brooks | 10.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 774419. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.