BlockPiegan, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Blackfeet Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59417. It lies near Whitecalf Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Piegan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1914 USGS Heart Butte quadrangle1:125000
- 1918 USGS Heart Butte quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Piegan quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Valier quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Piegan between 1992 and 2019, burning about 20 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | HOBO |
| 16 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | CAR |
| 12 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | BULLCALF |
| 12 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | BONFIRE |
| 31 August 1992 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Blackfeet Agency | KIPPS BARN |
| 28 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | HP |
| 26 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | TWO MED |
| 23 August 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.3 acres | Blackfeet Agency | AUGARE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Piegan: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badger Creek Deposits | Iron, Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Iron, Titanium | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family (historical) | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Hidden Lake Colony | 12.1 miles | 9 | |
| Meriwether | 12.4 miles | 9 | |
| Blackfoot | 13.7 miles | 9 | |
| Fort Piegan | 13.7 miles | 9 | |
| Sundance | 16.2 miles | 9 | |
| South Browning | 18.6 miles | 9 | |
| Gunsight | 18.6 miles | 12 |
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 Q122566770 | 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 775206. 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.