BlockStipek, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Richey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59330. It stands on Threemile School (historical). The Survey maps it on the Stipek 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.
- 1909 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Stipek quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Stipek between 2017 and 2019, burning about 19 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Dawson County | ADAMS - DAWSON |
| 5 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Eastern Land Office | ROAD 564 |
| 16 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | STIPEK |
| 15 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Eastern Land Office | HWY 16 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glendive | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| West Glendive | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Curry | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| Forest Park | 8.9 miles | 7 | |
| Landtsheim (historical) | 9.1 miles | 7 | |
| Intake | 9.4 miles | 7 | |
| Lufboro (historical) | 12.0 miles | 7 | |
| Allard | 13.0 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 Q122546595 | 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 777221. 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.