BlockSeventynine, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Ryegate census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59074. The Survey maps it on the Locomotive Butte 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
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.
- 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
- 1985 USGS Locomotive Butte quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Harlowton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Seventynine (historical) between 2018 and 2020, burning about 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Stillwater County | RAPELJE FIRE |
| 15 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 18 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Valley Colony | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Ryegate | 10.4 miles | 11 | |
| Dodgetown (historical) | 11.6 miles | 11 | |
| Barber | 12.4 miles | 11 | |
| Franklin | 15.4 miles | 11 | |
| Slayton Junction (historical) | 15.9 miles | 11 | |
| Cushman | 16.3 miles | 11 | |
| Belmont | 17.0 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1722977. 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.