BlockRockport Colony, Montana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Choteau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59467. The Survey maps it on the Soap Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1920 USGS Dupuyer quadrangle1:125000
- 1936 USGS Pendroy quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Pendroy quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Pendroy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Valier quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Soap Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Rockport Colony between 2016 and 2020, burning about 6 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 use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Teton County | JOHNSON |
| 23 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.1 acres | Blackfeet Agency | BONNET FIRE |
| 22 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Blackfeet Agency | HAYFIELD |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 805912. 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.