BlockParagon, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Miles City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59301. It stands on Moon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Horton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Horton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
10 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Paragon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 641 acres in total. 3 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | ROLLED ANKLE |
| 3 August 2020 | Natural | 8.4 acres | Custer County | STRIKE 3 |
| 3 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | INTERSTATE |
| 23 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Eastern Land Office | KEOGH |
| 8 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | CHEY ISLAN |
| 4 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Custer County | KEYHOLE - CUSTER |
| 25 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 184 acres | Custer County | SWEET PEA |
| 21 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 91 acres | Custer County | GREEN PEA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horton | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Ulmer | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Sadie (historical) | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Sheffield | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Miles City | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Westwood Estates | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| Moon Creek (historical) | 12.0 miles | 8 | |
| Tusler | 15.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 775078. 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.