BlockQuintonkon, Montana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the South Fork census division. It stands on Quintonkon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Quintonkon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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 Nyack quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Quintonkon quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Hungry Horse Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Quintonkon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
45 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Quintonkon between 1994 and 2020, burning about 7,538 acres in total. 35 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 | 35 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | WICKIUP |
| 22 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | SULLIVAN |
| 2 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | HANKERCHIEF LAKE |
| 2 September 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Flathead National Forest | BATTERY MOUNTAIN |
| 13 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | CZAR |
| 13 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | KAH MOUNTAIN |
| 12 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | SNOW |
| 1 September 2007 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Flathead National Forest | ROCK CREEK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon Creek Boat Landing | 13.3 miles | 11 | |
| Bear Creek Village | 14.8 miles | 12 | |
| Nimrod | 16.4 miles | 13 | |
| Mud Lake (historical) | 16.8 miles | 12 | |
| Negro Prairie (historical) | 17.7 miles | 12 | |
| Swan River (historical) | 17.7 miles | 12 | |
| Swan River | 17.7 miles | 12 | |
| Essex | 18.1 miles | 11 |
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 Q122566059 | 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 789306. 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.