BlockNorth Fork, Montana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Chinook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59523. It lies near Coal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Zurich quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1904 USGS Chinook quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1912 USGS Zurich quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Havre quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Havre quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Havre quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Zurich quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Havre quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of North Fork between 2017 and 2018, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 17 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Fork in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Hail | North Fork | - | Report from Mping. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zurich | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Chinook | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Hollandville (historical) | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Minnesota Settlement (historical) | 15.3 miles | 8 | |
| Lohman | 15.6 miles | 10 | |
| Ramburg (historical) | 16.1 miles | 10 | |
| Harlem | 17.7 miles | 11 | |
| North Harlem Colony | 18.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 774700. 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.
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.