BlockPorcupine, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the North of the Yellowstone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59327. It stands on Short Creek. The Survey maps it on the Forsyth 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
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.
- 1954 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Porcupine (historical) between 1996 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Eastern Land Office | WINDY RIDGE |
| 13 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | SAFFLOWER |
| 29 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | I94 MM95 |
| 15 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Rosebud County | CHERRY KNOB - ROSEBUD |
| 30 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rosebud County | I94 MM98 - ROSEBUD |
| 23 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Rosebud County | AIRPORT - ROSEBUD |
| 30 May 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.8 acres | Eastern Land Office | WILDCAT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Porcupine (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forsyth Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forsyth | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Orinoco | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Cold Spring | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Flynn | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Nichols | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Albright (historical) | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Cartersville | 10.2 miles | 8 | |
| Rosebud | 11.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1716771. 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.