BlockMuir, Montana
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Livingston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59047. The Survey maps it on the Bozeman Pass quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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.
- 1891 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Bozeman Pass quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS Bozeman Pass quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Bozeman Pass quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Muir between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,056 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Natural | 153 acres | Park County | AREA CREEK |
| 25 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | JACKSON CREEK |
| 22 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 15 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 600 acres | Central Land Office | I-90 |
| 5 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gallatin County | not named |
| 31 August 1996 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | ACTION |
| 27 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | COYOTE |
| 1 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Gallatin County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Muir: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Creek Limestone Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoppers | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Hoffman | 6.3 miles | 22 | |
| Chimney Rock | 8.3 miles | 17 | |
| Branding Iron Addition | 12.3 miles | 21 | |
| Five Acre Tracts/Acreville Addition | 12.3 miles | 21 | |
| Green Acres Addition | 12.3 miles | 21 | |
| High Ground Addition | 12.3 miles | 21 | |
| Livingston | 12.3 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802146. 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.