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Newtown, Montana

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Fort Belknap census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59526. The Survey maps it on the Fort Belknap Agency quadrangle.

Newtown within Blaine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

348 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 348 fires within 5 miles of Newtown between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,187 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 7 were 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
Fireworks111
Missing data/not specified/undetermined75
Debris and open burning52
Misuse of fire by a minor36
Natural18
Smoking15
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony15
Arson/incendiarism7
Other causes2
Firearms and explosives use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.4 acresFort Belknap AgencyMM 434
6 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresFort Belknap AgencyLEFTOVER FIRE
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFort Belknap AgencyNEW TOWN 2
5 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresFort Belknap AgencyEGGFIRE
5 September 2001Smokingunder an acreFort Belknap AgencyBIC
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFort Belknap AgencyMONKEY BUMP
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFort Belknap AgencyNEW TOWN
4 September 2007Fireworks1.0 acresFort Belknap AgencyOL I.H.S

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blaine County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Newtown: 6 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Blaine County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Fort Belknap Agency0.5 miles7
Harlem3.8 miles11
North Harlem Colony7.1 miles11
Dogtown (historical)7.2 miles7
Savoy11.3 miles7
Zurich16.1 miles10
Coburg16.9 miles7
Ramburg (historical)18.2 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1722432. 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.