Tindall, 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 lies near Trace Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Coffin Butte quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Tindall within Garfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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.

1954 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Coffin Butte quadrangle1:24000
1993 USGS Sand Springs quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

5 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Tindall (historical) between 2000 and 2014, burning about 18 acres in total. 4 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	4
Equipment and vehicle use	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 August 2000	Natural	1.0 acres	Miles City Field Office	BARN
30 August 2011	Natural	under an acre	Miles City Field Office	WOODPECKER
3 August 2014	Natural	14 acres	Miles City Field Office	SOUTH FORK
31 July 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Miles City Field Office	SOUTH
28 July 2007	Natural	under an acre	Miles City Field Office	BROWN DOG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Sand Springs

Every fire recorded in Garfield 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
Benzien	7.5 miles	7
Sand Springs	8.0 miles	7
Chimney Crossing	9.9 miles	7
McTwiggan (historical)	11.6 miles	7
Bruce (historical)	12.4 miles	7
Alice (historical)	14.7 miles	8
Edwards	15.1 miles	7
Anad (historical)	15.8 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1716047. 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.