BlockSalmon Prairie, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Woods Bay-Rollins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59911. It stands on Pony Creek. The Survey maps it on the Salmon Prairie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1955 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salmon Prairie quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1976 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Swan Peak quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Salmon Prairie quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
92 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Salmon Prairie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | PECK LAKE |
| 8 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | UPPER PIPER |
| 7 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | CONDON LOOP |
| 6 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | not named |
| 3 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | PECK ROAD |
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | not named |
| 14 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Northwestern Land Office | ARCTOS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allard (historical) | 15.1 miles | 9 | |
| Mountain View (historical) | 15.4 miles | 9 | |
| Turtle Lake | 15.6 miles | 9 | |
| Finley Point | 16.5 miles | 9 | |
| Pablo | 17.8 miles | 8 | |
| Dunham | 17.8 miles | 8 | |
| Ronan | 18.1 miles | 8 | |
| Kicking Horse | 19.3 miles | 6 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122553201 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 789973. 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.