BlockPatterson, Montana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Fort Benton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59450. The Survey maps it on the Shonkin 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 13 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
- 1954 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Shonkin quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Patterson (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,341 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Natural | 1,136 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 8 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Northeastern Land Office | LOST LAKE |
| 1 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Chouteau County | FDH-MTLG19-121 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shonkin | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Montague | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Big Sag | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Highwood | 12.6 miles | 15 | |
| Fort Benton | 13.1 miles | 14 | |
| Kershaw | 14.8 miles | 14 | |
| Geraldine | 16.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lonetree (historical) | 16.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1750299. 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.