BlockWoodworth, Montana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Helmville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59854. It stands on Black Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Woodworth quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 13 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.
- 1902 USGS Ovando quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Ovando quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Woodworth quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Seeley Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Woodworth quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
120 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Woodworth between 1992 and 2020, burning about 83 acres in total. 67 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 | 67 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Natural | 29 acres | Lolo National Forest | LITTLE SHANLEY |
| 26 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | EAST GAME RANGE |
| 23 September 2015 | Other causes | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | EMERALD LAKE 2 |
| 22 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 22 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | SPRING CREEK |
| 2 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 18 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | COTTONWOOD LAKES |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 793537. 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.