BlockWing, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Harlem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59529. The Survey maps it on the Hogeland SE 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
5 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.
- 1913 USGS Cherry Ridge quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Havre quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Havre quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Havre quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Hogeland SE quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Wing (historical) in 2020, burning about 625 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 625 acres | Blaine County | FDH-MTLG24-324 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogeland | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Turner Colony | 8.3 miles | 7 | |
| Silver Bow (historical) | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Turner | 10.2 miles | 7 | |
| North Harlem Colony | 16.7 miles | 11 | |
| Harlem | 20.5 miles | 11 | |
| Savoy | 21.8 miles | 7 | |
| Dogtown (historical) | 22.2 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1722463. 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.