BlockSeville Colony, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Blackfeet Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59427. It lies near Gillam Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Sundance quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1911 USGS Blackfoot 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 Sundance quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
29 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Seville Colony between 1998 and 2019, burning about 336 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | AIRPLANE |
| 30 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | HOOT |
| 28 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | BLACK KNIGHT |
| 2 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 51 acres | Blackfeet Agency | 11/F FIRE |
| 11 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Blackfeet Agency | SLING SHOT |
| 8 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Blackfeet Agency | COLONY FIRE |
| 22 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Blackfeet Agency | PURDUEELEV |
| 19 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Blackfeet Agency | FOUR-MILE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Seville Colony: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Iron Occurrence | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sundance | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Fort Piegan | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Hidden Lake Colony | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Gunsight | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Glendale Colony | 10.4 miles | 9 | |
| Meriwether | 11.3 miles | 9 | |
| Santa Rita | 13.9 miles | 13 | |
| Cut Bank | 14.2 miles | 13 |
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 Q122558357 | 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 1750414. 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.