BlockTobacco, Montana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Eureka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59917. It stands on DeRozier Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eureka North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1957 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Eureka North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Yaak River quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Eureka North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
255 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Tobacco (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 508 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 5 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 108 |
| Natural | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 28 |
| Fireworks | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | CATTLE GUARD FIRE |
| 4 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kootenai National Forest | FLAMING OWL |
| 4 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | DS FIRE |
| 4 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | TOBACCO ISLAND FIRE |
| 30 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | SAWMILL |
| 22 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | not named |
| 2 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | BARN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Tobacco (historical): 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Limestone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Occurrence | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Tobacco River Placer | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Independence | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Twin Peaks Prospect | Copper | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mills Springs (historical) | 0.8 miles | 10 | |
| Midvale | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Eureka | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Roosville | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Rexford | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Riverside (historical) | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Tobacco | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Gateway (historical) | 8.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1782451. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.