BlockOphir, Montana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Big Sandy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59460. It stands on Marias River. The Survey maps it on the Loma East 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
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1890 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000
- 1897 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Loma East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Ophir (historical) between 2008 and 2018, burning about 5,588 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 |
|---|---|
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 July 2015 | Firearms and explosives use | 34 acres | North Central Montana District | ROWE BENCH ROAD |
| 30 June 2018 | Fireworks | 30 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 24 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5,519 acres | Northeastern Land Office | CHOUTEAU CO COMPLEX |
| 12 November 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Central Land Office | EAST RIDGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lippard | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Stranahan | 9.2 miles | 14 | |
| Colony Bay (historical) | 10.0 miles | 7 | |
| Pleasant Valley (historical) | 11.3 miles | 13 | |
| Fort Benton | 12.9 miles | 14 | |
| Virgelle | 13.1 miles | 10 | |
| Inga (historical) | 14.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1750096. 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.