BlockSteve Forks, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the North Garfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59077. It stands on Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Steve Forks quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Steve Forks quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Sand Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Steve Forks between 1999 and 2018, burning about 2,210 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | 192 acres | Miles City Field Office | KING COULEE |
| 6 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Eastern Land Office | BRUCE |
| 28 August 2013 | Natural | 800 acres | Miles City Field Office | SAYLOR |
| 27 August 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | PAULS |
| 24 August 2017 | Natural | 1,052 acres | Miles City Field Office | EDWARDS |
| 7 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Eastern Land Office | STEVE FORK |
| 15 July 2007 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | ASSIST 1 (HAZNEY) |
| 31 October 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Miles City Field Office | SAYLOR |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anad (historical) | 3.0 miles | 7 | |
| Bruce (historical) | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Braggville (historical) | 9.0 miles | 7 | |
| Edwards | 9.0 miles | 7 | |
| Brusett | 11.2 miles | 7 | |
| Blackfoot (historical) | 13.3 miles | 7 | |
| Sand Springs | 14.2 miles | 7 | |
| Butte Creek (historical) | 14.9 miles | 7 |
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 Q122598581 | 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 777208. 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.