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Sixteen, Montana

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Martinsdale-Ringling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59645. It stands on Battle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sixteen quadrangle.

Sixteen within Meagher County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

2 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Sixteen between 2006 and 2007, burning about 380 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
Natural1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
21 August 2007Smoking350 acresCentral Land Officenot named
19 August 2006Natural30 acresCentral Land Officenot named

Every fire recorded in Meagher County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Moyne7.1 miles18
Bruce Place8.9 miles18
Ford Place10.6 miles18
Ringling10.8 miles18
Moss Agate13.7 miles18
Higgins14.5 miles19
Calkins (historical)16.1 miles16
Hamen17.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 790569. 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.