BlockSahara, Montana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Lavina census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59046. The Survey maps it on the Patterson Canyon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1889 USGS Big Snowy Mountain quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Big Snowy Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Roundup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Roundup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Patterson Canyon quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Big Snowy Mountains quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Patterson Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Sahara (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,821 acres in total. 13 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 | 13 |
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 September 1994 | Natural | 870 acres | North Central Montana District | SO SNOWIES |
| 8 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | PALLAS |
| 12 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | North Central Montana District | MONDAY |
| 10 September 2005 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Billings Field Office | JACK |
| 1 September 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | SOUTH FORK |
| 20 August 2001 | Natural | 10 acres | Miles City Field Office | PATTERSON |
| 12 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Golden Valley County | FDH-MTLG53-233 |
| 12 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | North Central Montana District | BOMBER |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rothiemay | 15.0 miles | 11 | |
| Emory (historical) | 18.0 miles | 6 | |
| Franklin | 26.5 miles | 11 | |
| Slayton Junction (historical) | 31.1 miles | 11 | |
| Ryegate | 31.4 miles | 11 | |
| Cushman | 32.0 miles | 11 | |
| Dodgetown (historical) | 32.3 miles | 11 | |
| Barber | 32.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1722979. 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.