Phon, Montana

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the North Garfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59337. It lies near Redbank Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Gilbert Creek SE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Phon within Garfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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 Jordan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Gilbert Creek SE quadrangle1:24000
1978 USGS Fort Peck Lake East quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

2 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Phon (historical) between 1994 and 2008, burning about 140 acres in total. 2 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	2

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
1 August 1994	Natural	100 acres	Miles City Field Office	RED BANK
30 July 2008	Natural	40 acres	Miles City Field Office	WOODY CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garfield County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Keplerville (historical)	11.8 miles	7
Van Norman	14.7 miles	7
Haxby	19.1 miles	8
Jordan	22.5 miles	8
Purewater (historical)	26.9 miles	7
Freedom (historical)	28.7 miles	7
Allen (historical)	30.9 miles	7
Cohagen	31.9 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1715964. 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.