BlockRidgelawn, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Sidney census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59270. It stands on First Hay Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fairview quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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.
- 1909 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Fairview quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Sidney quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Fairview quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Ridgelawn between 2009 and 2020, burning about 66 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2016 | Natural | 15 acres | Eastern Land Office | BRINKLEY - MCCONE |
| 25 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 acres | Dakota Prairie National Grasslands | ESTES COULEE |
| 6 August 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | FLYING V - MCCONE |
| 28 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Richland County | MAIN CANAL - RICHLAND |
| 4 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | PALMER |
| 26 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Richland County | DITCH - RICHLAND |
| 5 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Richland County | ELEVATED - RICHLAND |
| 15 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | Richland County | HAY CREEK - RICHLAND |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wooley | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Ludington | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Fairview | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Fischer Park | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Sidney | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Riverview | 9.4 miles | 8 | |
| Newlon Junction | 10.9 miles | 8 | |
| Brorson (historical) | 11.1 miles | 7 |
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 Q122542280 | 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 775760. 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.