BlockSaint Mary, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1968. It stands in the Blackfeet Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59417. It stands on Divide Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint Mary quadrangle.
On record in Saint Mary
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 2 records
Logan Pass Visitor Centerlisted 2008
Saint Mary Visitor Center, Entrance Station and Checking Stationslisted 2008
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1901 USGS Browning quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Browning quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Saint Mary quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
49 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Saint Mary between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,075 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | 2 POSTS |
| 6 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Blackfeet Agency | DIVIDE |
| 5 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | BUNKER PARK |
| 3 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | STMARYSTWO |
| 28 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | AQUAFINA |
| 27 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Blackfeet Agency | THREECAN |
| 23 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | DIVIDE |
| 23 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 acres | Blackfeet Agency | DEADOUT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Sun | 5.7 miles | 23 | |
| Babb | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Cassidy Curve | 8.6 miles | 23 | |
| Altyn (historical) | 11.0 miles | 23 | |
| Siyeh Bend | 12.9 miles | 23 | |
| Swiftcurrent | 13.2 miles | 24 | |
| Douglas (historical) | 13.9 miles | 9 | |
| Wetzel | 14.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 776118. 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.