BlockWood Place, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Rosebud census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59003. It stands on Coal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Garfield Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Hardin quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Garfield Peak quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lame Deer quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
47 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Wood Place between 1994 and 2020, burning about 256,518 acres in total. 43 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 | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Cheyenne Agency | STUMP |
| 17 September 2013 | Natural | 3.2 acres | Northern Cheyenne Agency | RESERVATION |
| 10 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Cheyenne Agency | SANDROCK |
| 1 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Cheyenne Agency | BURNING CREEK |
| 9 August 2017 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Northern Cheyenne Agency | NORTH RESERVATION CREEK |
| 8 August 2015 | Natural | 10 acres | Northern Cheyenne Agency | COAL |
| 7 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Cheyenne Agency | 4AMIGOS |
| 6 August 2011 | Natural | 10 acres | Northern Cheyenne Agency | GARFIELD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee (historical) | 10.2 miles | 6 | |
| Brandenberg | 12.0 miles | 6 | |
| Ashland | 12.0 miles | 9 | |
| Jimtown | 14.3 miles | 7 | |
| Lame Deer | 14.6 miles | 8 | |
| Saints Rest (historical) | 14.7 miles | 7 | |
| Colstrip | 15.4 miles | 6 | |
| Signal Butte (historical) | 16.4 miles | 6 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122561778 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 778665. 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.