BlockPeaks and Pines Park, Montana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Darby census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59829. It stands on Chaffin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burnt Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1956 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Burnt Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1998 USGS Burnt Ridge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
127 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Peaks and Pines Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,009 acres in total. 71 started naturally. 1 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 | 71 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | GATE 11 |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | BURNT RIDGE |
| 5 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Bitterroot National Forest | CRITTER CROSSING |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | RavaIIi County | E MILES AVE |
| 20 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | TRAPPER |
| 20 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | LAST |
| 17 September 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Bitterroot National Forest | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | JUNCTION |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Peaks and Pines Park: 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Niobium (Columbium), REE, Tantalum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mace Prospect | Tantalum, Mica | Prospect | ||
| Rye Creek | Thorium, Titanium, Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Rye Creek Prospect | Niobium (Columbium), REE | Occurrence | Columbite | |
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Uranium | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conner | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Holtet Court | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Darby | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| University Heights | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Gorus | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Como | 8.4 miles | 17 | |
| Medicine Hot Springs | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Charlos Heights | 10.9 miles | 16 |
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 Q122562820 | 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 1802995. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.