BlockSphinx, Montana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Gardiner-Cooke City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59030. It stands on Sphinx Creek. The Survey maps it on the Miner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1891 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Miner quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Miner quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Gardiner quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2000 USGS Miner quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
36 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Sphinx between 1994 and 2020, burning about 663 acres in total. 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | YANKEE JIM |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | YANKEE JIM |
| 21 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | BABAR |
| 15 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Park County | TOM MINER |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | CINNABAR |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | BLACK MOUNTAIN |
| 4 August 2001 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | CUTLER |
| 4 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | DIXON CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miner | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Carbella | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Corwin Springs | 6.2 miles | 21 | |
| Aldridge | 6.5 miles | 21 | |
| Electric | 8.2 miles | 21 | |
| Dailey (historical) | 8.5 miles | 22 | |
| South Glastonbury | 11.3 miles | 22 | |
| Kotke | 11.6 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 791149. 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.