BlockRoss Fork, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Lewistown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59457. It stands on Ross Fork Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ross Fork quadrangle.
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
- 1970 USGS Ross Fork quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Ross Fork between 2017 and 2020, burning about 10 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 | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 5 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 3 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.7 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 13 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Fergus County | FDH-MTLG08-120 |
| 20 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Ross Fork: 8 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Titanium, Metal, Thorium, Iron, Gold, Mercury, Palladium, Platinum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cable | Mercury | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Janet 55w | Palladium, Platinum, Nickel, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Trail Creek Deposit | Iron, Thorium, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | ||
| Beal Mountain Mine | Gold | Producer | ||
| Golden Sunrise Mine | Gold | Producer | ||
| Cameron Creek Deposit | Titanium, Metal, Thorium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Powder Gulch Deposit | Titanium, Metal, Thorium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Price Gulch Deposit | Titanium, Metal, Thorium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Rye Creek Deposit | Titanium, Metal, Thorium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Sand Basin Placers | Titanium, Metal, Thorium, Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ross Fork in 2 storm reports between 2022 and 2025: 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Ranch Colony | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Amherst | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Kingston | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Spring Creek Colony | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Moore | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Eddies Corner | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Spring Creek Junction | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Ware | 7.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 775950. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.