BlockWeede, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Winnett South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59058. It stands on Flatwillow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mosby 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 9 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 Forsyth quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Mosby quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Melstone quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Weede (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
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 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | North Central Montana District | MUSSELSHEL |
| 27 August 2020 | Natural | 4.1 acres | Petroleum County | GOAT TRAIL |
| 21 July 2015 | Natural | 30 acres | North Central Montana District | BENSON |
| 21 July 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | NINETEEN |
| 20 July 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | 19THCOULEE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jitney (historical) | 8.9 miles | 9 | |
| Cat Creek | 11.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hoyle (historical) | 14.3 miles | 8 | |
| Shay (historical) | 16.3 miles | 8 | |
| Kelley | 17.3 miles | 6 | |
| Winnett | 23.5 miles | 8 | |
| Flatwillow | 26.0 miles | 6 | |
| Wallview (historical) | 30.7 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1721630. 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.