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Trailcreek, Montana

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Columbia Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59928. It stands on Trail Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trailcreek quadrangle.

Trailcreek within Flathead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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.

Fires near this place

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Trailcreek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,112 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 4 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
Natural32
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 September 2006Natural1.5 acresGlacier National ParkSTARVATION
18 September 1998Naturalunder an acreFlathead National ForestCENTER MOUNTAIN
8 August 1997Naturalunder an acreFlathead National ForestKINTLA ROAD
7 August 2000Naturalunder an acreFlathead National ForestTEEPEE LAKE
7 August 2000Naturalunder an acreFlathead National ForestTRAIL CREEK 1
7 August 2000Natural1.0 acresFlathead National ForestTRAIL CREEK #2
7 August 2000Naturalunder an acreGlacier National ParkKINTLA TOM
6 August 1997Naturalunder an acreFlathead National ForestTRAIL CREEK

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Wurtz Hill1.4 miles13
Ford3.4 miles13
Reuter (historical)7.6 miles14
Polebridge12.4 miles14
Radnor25.2 miles12
Olney27.1 miles12
Lupfer30.6 miles11
Vista31.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 792327. 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.