BlockVista, Montana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Wolf Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59602. It lies near Hanging Valley. The Survey maps it on the Snedaker Basin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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 Fort Logan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Snedaker Basin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Canyon Ferry Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Vista between 1992 and 2018, burning about 114 acres in total. 17 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 | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | SUNSHINE |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | VIGILANTE |
| 27 August 1995 | Natural | 1.3 acres | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | BULL RUN/ |
| 26 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | MIDDLEMAN |
| 23 August 1994 | Natural | 15 acres | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | not named |
| 22 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | HEDGES |
| 20 August 2010 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | SOUP |
| 2 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | HOGBACK |
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 Vista: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hellgate Gulch | Gold | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| York | 8.5 miles | 19 | |
| Daytown (historical) | 9.7 miles | 18 | |
| Cavetown | 10.2 miles | 18 | |
| Nelson | 10.4 miles | 16 | |
| Canyon Ferry | 10.6 miles | 18 | |
| Lakeside | 13.8 miles | 19 | |
| Old Weiss and French Place | 16.4 miles | 16 | |
| East Helena | 20.9 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 794678. 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.