BlockTracy, Montana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Eden-Stockett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59472. It lies near Sand Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Southeast Great Falls quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1886 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Stockett quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Southeast Great Falls quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1976 USGS Great Falls South quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Tracy between 1995 and 2017, burning about 119 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central Land Office | SAND COULEE |
| 8 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge | BOOTLEGGER |
| 30 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | SAND COULEE |
| 23 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Central Land Office | SAND COULEE |
| 25 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | SAND COULEE |
| 25 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 66 acres | Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge | OUTLET |
| 23 April 1996 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge | 4A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tracy: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Coulee It | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tracy in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2007: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number Seven | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Sand Coulee | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Centerville | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Gerber | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Big Stone Colony | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Stockett | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Box Elder (historical) | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Fields | 5.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802219. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.