Wiota, Montana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Fort Peck Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59248. It lies near Milk River Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Milk River Hills quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wiota within Valley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1914 USGS Nashua quadrangle1:62500
1916 USGS Nashua quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1954 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1972 USGS Milk River Hills quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

28 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Wiota (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 859 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 were 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
Debris and open burning	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
Natural	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Smoking	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 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Fort Peck Agency	SIBLEY
16 September 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	2.4 acres	Fort Peck Agency	3 E NASHUA
16 September 1998	Natural	8.6 acres	Fort Peck Agency	WIOTA 2
7 August 2010	Natural	under an acre	Fort Peck Agency	MARK NEILS RES
4 August 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Fort Peck Agency	WIOTA X 2
29 August 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fort Peck Agency	WIOTA 3
2 August 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Fort Peck Agency	WP LAGOON
10 August 2018	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fort Peck Agency	HEADER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Nashua

Every fire recorded in Valley County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wiota (historical): 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
	Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Valley County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Nashua	5.6 miles	11
Idlewile (historical)	9.7 miles	11
Park Dale (historical)	10.2 miles	11
Free Deal (historical)	10.3 miles	11
Park Grove	10.8 miles	11
Square Deal (historical)	11.6 miles	11
Fort Peck	11.7 miles	11
New Deal (historical)	11.9 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1688504. 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.