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Rocky Crossing, Montana

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Big Sandy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59520. It lies near Lonesome Lake Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Box Elder quadrangle.

Rocky Crossing within Chouteau County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

257 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 257 fires within 5 miles of Rocky Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 923 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 63 were 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
Arson/incendiarism63
Debris and open burning49
Misuse of fire by a minor44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Fireworks34
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresRocky Boy's AgencyCORP
4 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minor35 acresRocky Boy's AgencyWESTBENCH
27 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreRocky Boy's AgencyPONY
26 September 2009Debris and open burning12 acresRocky Boy's AgencyCONSTRUCTION
25 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRocky Boy's AgencyAREA 41
21 September 2012Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresRocky Boy's AgencyPRAIRIE VIEW
21 September 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresRocky Boy's AgencyJIMMY
21 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresRocky Boy's AgencyBOXELDER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chouteau County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Rocky Crossing: 5 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Chouteau 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
Big Sandy6.4 miles8
Lonesome Prairie (historical)10.6 miles10
Boneau11.2 miles9
Verona11.8 miles9
Parker School17.7 miles10
Inga (historical)17.8 miles12
Coal Banks Landing18.1 miles9
Virgelle19.8 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802175. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.