BlockQuietus, Montana
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Decker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59025. The Survey maps it on the Quietus quadrangle. It stands 4,070 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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 Hardin quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Quietus quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Birney quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Quietus between 1998 and 2018, burning about 17,543 acres in total. 9 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Miles City Field Office | BEAR CREEK |
| 30 August 2017 | Natural | 11,285 acres | Miles City Field Office | TIDWELL |
| 30 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Miles City Field Office | FINN CREEK |
| 22 August 2018 | Natural | 7.6 acres | Miles City Field Office | JOJO |
| 19 August 2007 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | DAVIDSON |
| 13 August 2001 | Natural | 10 acres | Miles City Field Office | LITTLE |
| 5 July 2012 | Natural | 6,169 acres | Miles City Field Office | TIDWELL |
| 4 July 1998 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Miles City Field Office | MUD SPRING |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Quietus | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14704759 | 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 775514. 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.