BlockSplit Rock Junction, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59410. It lies near Carey Butte. The Survey maps it on the Split Rock Junction quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 11 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 Choteau quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Gilman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Split Rock Junction quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Split Rock Junction between 2017 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Lewis & Clark County | YOUNG RANCH MA |
| 26 June 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Central Land Office | AUGUSTA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Gilman | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Racine Ford (historical) | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Stoner Place | 14.4 miles | 19 | |
| Clemons (historical) | 14.6 miles | 10 | |
| La Chapelle Place | 15.0 miles | 10 | |
| Upper Ellis Place | 15.2 miles | 10 | |
| Riebeling | 16.4 miles | 11 |
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 Q122566692 | 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 801506. 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.