BlockYogo Crossing, Montana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Hobson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59452. It stands on Yogo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Indian Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 17 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.
- 1886 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1897 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000
- 1898 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000
- 1902 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Indian Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Indian Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Yogo Crossing between 1992 and 2017, burning about 173 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | DUDE |
| 13 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | HAY CANYON |
| 4 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | YOGO |
| 25 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | GREEN MOUNTAIN |
| 2 August 2008 | Natural | 18 acres | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | INDIAN HILL |
| 17 August 2016 | Natural | 1.9 acres | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | HAY CANYON |
| 6 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | ELLIS |
| 31 July 2000 | Natural | 13 acres | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | STUD HORSE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Yogo Crossing: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sapphire, Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yogo Sapphire Mine | Gemstone | Producer | 1880, 1895 | |
| American Yogo Sapphire Mine | Sapphire | Producer | 1896 | |
| New Mine Saphire Syndicate Mine | Sapphire | Producer | 1894, 1895 | |
| Vortex | Sapphire | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sapphire Village | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Cameron (historical) | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Scholtztown | 13.4 miles | 13 | |
| Lehigh | 14.2 miles | 13 | |
| Utica | 14.2 miles | 16 | |
| Windham | 18.0 miles | 13 | |
| Philbrook (historical) | 20.3 miles | 11 | |
| Stanford | 21.2 miles | 13 |
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 Q122564648 | 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 793615. 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.