BlockShields Crossing, Montana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Blackfeet Reservation East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59486. The Survey maps it on the Rock City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1920 USGS Dupuyer quadrangle1:125000
- 1934 USGS Lake Frances quadrangle1:48000
- 1937 USGS Lake Frances quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Valier quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Rock City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Shields Crossing between 2000 and 2019, burning about 643 acres in total. None 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 | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 150 acres | Blackfeet Agency | OIL FIRE |
| 10 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 70 acres | Blackfeet Agency | OIL II |
| 29 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 88 acres | Blackfeet Agency | TRI GOOD |
| 26 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 78 acres | Blackfeet Agency | PROVIDENCE ROAD |
| 25 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Blackfeet Agency | COOPER FIRE |
| 24 August 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20 acres | Blackfeet Agency | OIL |
| 12 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Blackfeet Agency | WELLMAN |
| 5 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | TRIGOODRD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Shields Crossing: 1 unknown. 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards Crossing | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Blair Crossing | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Abbott Lake (historical) | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Hagans Crossing | 8.3 miles | 11 | |
| Aubrey Crossing | 9.7 miles | 12 | |
| Pierce Crossing | 11.1 miles | 12 | |
| Kuka Crossing | 11.1 miles | 12 | |
| Valier | 12.7 miles | 12 |
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 Q122572666 | 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 776487. 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.