BlockWingina, Montana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Valier-Dupuyer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59486. It lies near Winginaw Valley. The Survey maps it on the Belgian Hill 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
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1920 USGS Dupuyer quadrangle1:125000
- 1934 USGS Valier quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS Valier quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Valier quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Belgian Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Wingina (historical) between 2018 and 2019, burning about 100 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 | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 22 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pondera County | RAMBO BLOCKHEEL |
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 Wingina (historical): 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Iron, REE. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Titanium-Iron Occurrence | Titanium, Iron, REE | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williams | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Belgian Colony (historical) | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Lone Tree (historical) | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Valier | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Abbott Lake (historical) | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Manson | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Blair Crossing | 10.6 miles | 12 | |
| New Miami Colony | 12.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1748774. 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.