BlockPackers Roost, Montana
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1968. It stands in the Glacier National Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59928. It stands on Alder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Cannon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 23 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 Chief Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1938 USGS Chief Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Mount Cannon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Packers Roost between 1992 and 2018, burning about 27 acres in total. 27 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 | 27 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | BLICK |
| 7 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | CHALET |
| 6 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | HEAVENS PEAK |
| 25 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | BOG FIRE |
| 25 August 2000 | Natural | 22 acres | Glacier National Park | GRINNEL POINT |
| 24 August 2000 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Glacier National Park | WINONA |
| 20 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | FLATTOP |
| 2 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | HAYSTACK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Point | 0.6 miles | 24 | |
| Red Rock Point | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Geduhn (historical) | 8.8 miles | 23 | |
| Sperry Chalets | 9.7 miles | 24 | |
| Lake McDonald | 9.9 miles | 24 | |
| Crystal Ford | 10.1 miles | 24 | |
| Apgar | 18.8 miles | 24 | |
| West Glacier | 20.0 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122551157 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 775053. 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.