BlockPine Prairie, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Kalispell Southwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59925. The Survey maps it on the Marion 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.
- 1957 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Marion quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Marion quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
143 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Pine Prairie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 123 acres in total. 55 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 | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | SIX MILE |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | ROUND MOUNTAIN |
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | BROOKS |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | MCGREGOR EAST |
| 3 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | not named |
| 26 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | NORTH SKOOKUM |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marion | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Kila | 14.6 miles | 10 | |
| Niarada | 15.8 miles | 7 | |
| Yakt (historical) | 16.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hog Heaven (historical) | 18.3 miles | 8 | |
| Batavia | 18.7 miles | 12 | |
| Rhodes | 21.2 miles | 11 | |
| Ashley (historical) | 22.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 799065. 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.