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Rattlesnake, Montana

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Fort Belknap census division. It lies near Spring Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Rattlesnake quadrangle.

Rattlesnake within Blaine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

1 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Rattlesnake in 2008, burning about 183 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
12 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use183 acresFort Belknap AgencyRATTLE SNAKE

Every fire recorded in Blaine County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Cleveland13.0 miles10
Ramburg (historical)17.9 miles10
Riedel (historical)18.2 miles7
Sour Dough Flat (historical)18.6 miles7
Maddux19.8 miles8
Hays20.2 miles9
Pine Grove20.6 miles9
Leroy21.0 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 775567. 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.