BlockRock Crossing, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Medicine Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59242. The Survey maps it on the Capeneys Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1947 USGS Capeneys Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Capeneys Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Culbertson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Rock Crossing between 1993 and 2014, burning about 91 acres in total. 3 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2006 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge | SWANSON |
| 3 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge | SWATHER |
| 1 August 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge | RANGER |
| 3 July 2009 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge | YOUNG |
| 24 July 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge | TAXSHORE |
| 20 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 82 acres | Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge | LODAHL COULEE |
| 10 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge | COOK |
| 15 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge | KERMIT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine Lake | 8.4 miles | 7 | |
| Reserve | 9.8 miles | 6 | |
| Dagmar | 10.1 miles | 6 | |
| Volmer | 10.9 miles | 6 | |
| Homestead | 11.3 miles | 8 | |
| Antelope | 14.8 miles | 6 | |
| Coalridge | 16.5 miles | 4 | |
| Plentywood | 22.6 miles | 4 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 806968. 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.