BlockRocky Point, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Roy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59471. The Survey maps it on the Kepple Bottoms quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Rocky Point
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Rocky Pointlisted 1975 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Kepple Bottoms quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Zortman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Rocky Point (historical) between 1992 and 2015, burning about 1,126 acres in total. 17 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 | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2009 | Natural | 3.1 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | WHITE FACE |
| 18 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | North Central Montana District | FITZNER |
| 9 August 2008 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | LOST DOG |
| 5 August 1997 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | SANDCREEK |
| 29 August 2013 | Natural | 23 acres | North Central Montana District | FRITZNER |
| 29 August 1996 | Natural | 40 acres | North Central Montana District | COW CREEK2 |
| 27 August 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | SEVENMILE |
| 26 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | North Central Montana District | 211 FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll (historical) | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Little Crooked (historical) | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Mobridge (historical) | 12.9 miles | 11 | |
| Valentine | 19.9 miles | 8 | |
| Box Elder (historical) | 31.1 miles | 8 | |
| Roy | 33.3 miles | 8 | |
| Fergus | 38.2 miles | 8 | |
| Fords Creek Colony | 41.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1722815. 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.