BlockWatson Flats, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the South Garfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59322. It stands on Uall Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sleepy Hollow 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 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Sleepy Hollow quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Watson Flats (historical) between 2003 and 2019, burning about 567 acres in total. 3 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 | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2008 | Natural | 416 acres | Miles City Field Office | BEAVER COULEE |
| 8 July 2003 | Natural | 70 acres | Miles City Field Office | ANTELOPE C |
| 30 July 2008 | Natural | 80 acres | Miles City Field Office | LITTLE DRY CREEK |
| 25 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Garfield County | ANTELOPE - GARFIELD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purewater (historical) | 9.7 miles | 7 | |
| Allen (historical) | 11.0 miles | 7 | |
| Hillside | 13.7 miles | 8 | |
| Cohagen | 18.1 miles | 8 | |
| Van Norman | 19.4 miles | 7 | |
| Keplerville (historical) | 24.8 miles | 7 | |
| Freedom (historical) | 33.1 miles | 7 | |
| Phon (historical) | 33.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1716040. 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.