BlockRobere, Montana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Blackfeet Reservation East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59486. The Survey maps it on the Robere 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
7 surveys from 12 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 Heart Butte quadrangle1:125000
- 1918 USGS Heart Butte quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Robere quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Valier quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Robere (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 139 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | BREWSTER |
| 16 September 2009 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Blackfeet Agency | CIGARETTE FIRE |
| 4 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.6 acres | Blackfeet Agency | GOLD ROAD FIRE |
| 22 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 97 acres | Blackfeet Agency | HOOT |
| 5 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Blackfeet Agency | BADGER CK |
| 3 July 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | 091 FIRE |
| 27 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | SILVER LANE FIRE |
| 24 June 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Blackfeet Agency | 4THOFJULY |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce Crossing | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Kingsbury Colony | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Birch Creek Colony | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Aubrey Crossing | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Kuka Crossing | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Hagans Crossing | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Pondera Colony | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Dupuyer | 9.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 775821. 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.