BlockSimpkins Place, Montana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Roberts census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59068. The Survey maps it on the Roscoe quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1932 USGS Red Lodge No 2 quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Roscoe quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Red Lodge quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Roscoe quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Simpkins Place between 2003 and 2017, burning about 753 acres in total. 1 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.0 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | ECKERT |
| 10 August 2003 | Natural | 740 acres | Southern Land Office | not named |
| 17 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | 102 UPPER RED LODGE CREEK |
| 5 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | LUTHER ASSIST |
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 Simpkins Place: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Asbestos. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferris Asbestos | Asbestos | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Boggio Place | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Linley (historical) | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Luther | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Peterson Place | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Roscoe | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Rankin Place | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| George Place | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| George Place (historical) | 6.6 miles | 14 |
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 Q122551302 | 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 790542. 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.