Three Forks, Montana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the South Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59936. It stands on Morrison Creek. The Survey maps it on the Capitol Mountain quadrangle.

Three Forks within Flathead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

1913 USGS Marias Pass quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Capitol Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Hungry Horse Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
1994 USGS Capitol Mountain quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

11 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Three Forks between 2003 and 2018, burning about 1,640 acres in total. 9 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	9
Fireworks	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
8 September 2006	Natural	702 acres	Flathead National Forest	BRUSHSHACK
4 August 2006	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Flathead National Forest	GRANITE
29 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	Flathead National Forest	TRINITY MOUNTAIN
16 August 2015	Natural	913 acres	Flathead National Forest	GRANITE
14 August 2015	Natural	under an acre	Flathead National Forest	LODGEPOLE
13 August 2003	Natural	2.0 acres	Flathead National Forest	RED PLUME
12 August 2015	Natural	2.5 acres	Flathead National Forest	BONE CREEK
11 August 2008	Natural	19 acres	Flathead National Forest	WILDROSE MOUNTAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Flathead 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Snowslip	12.7 miles	12
McCarthyville (historical)	12.9 miles	12
Singleshot	13.0 miles	13
Blacktail	13.5 miles	12
Nimrod	16.3 miles	13
Essex	19.7 miles	11
Quintonkon	22.0 miles	14
Pinnacle	24.8 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 792124. 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.