Whately, Montana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Glasgow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59248. It lies in Whately Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Whately quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1943 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Whately quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Whately between 2017 and 2020, burning about 7 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 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 5 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 24 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 20 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 19 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 13 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Valley County | FDH-MTLG20-75 |
| 30 May 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Valley County | FDH-MTLG20-67 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Nashua | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Square Deal (historical) | 8.9 miles | 11 | |
| Park Dale (historical) | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| Idlewile (historical) | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Free Deal (historical) | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Park Grove | 9.8 miles | 11 | |
| New Deal (historical) | 9.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 778335. 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.





