BlockPower Plant, Montana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Chinook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59535. The Survey maps it on the Baker Monument 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
5 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.
- 1943 USGS Landusky quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Baker Monument quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Zortman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Power Plant (historical) between 1996 and 2019, burning about 332 acres in total. 10 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2012 | Natural | 22 acres | Malta Field Office | HIDEAWAY |
| 30 August 1996 | Natural | 5.0 acres | North Central Montana District | RIVER FIRE |
| 20 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | North Central Montana District | TWO CALF |
| 2 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | North Central Montana District | TWO CALF |
| 12 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Malta Field Office | STASHEL |
| 11 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 8 July 2018 | Natural | 6.4 acres | North Central Montana District | WOODHAWK CREEK |
| 29 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Malta Field Office | BULL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cow Island (historical) | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Hays | 20.4 miles | 9 | |
| Pine Grove | 21.4 miles | 9 | |
| Leroy | 23.9 miles | 8 | |
| Dry Lake | 25.4 miles | 7 | |
| Rattlesnake | 25.9 miles | 10 | |
| Ragland Bench (historical) | 28.1 miles | 7 | |
| Lodge Pole | 28.2 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1722457. 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.