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Aberdeen, Montana

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Crow Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59089. The Survey maps it on the Pass Creek East quadrangle.

Aberdeen within Big Horn County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

Fires near this place

87 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Aberdeen between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,191 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Debris and open burning12
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism7
Other causes3
Fireworks2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 September 2017Natural1,279 acresCrow AgencyABERDEEN 2
29 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreCrow AgencySUNLIGHT
23 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreCrow AgencyPASS CREEK
22 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCrow AgencySTACK
2 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresCrow AgencyGOPER
13 September 1996Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresCrow AgencyMONT LINE
12 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCrow AgencyWYOLA COMPLEX
6 August 2004Natural1.0 acresCrow AgencyTAI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Big Horn County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Aberdeen: 3 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed BentoniteClayOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Big Horn County

Storms near this place

11 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aberdeen in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2013Thunderstorm WindAberdeen-A thunderstorm wind gust of 72 mph was recorded along the Montana/Wyoming border near Ranchester.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindAberdeen-A thunderstorm wind gust of 64 mph was reported by the Department of Highways.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindAberdeen-Two large Cottonwood trees were blown over and a few windows blown in on a house and at least one power pole was snapped due to strong thunderstorm winds 5 miles south of Wyola.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindAberdeen-A wind gust of 60 mph was reported at the Aberdeen Hill DOT site.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAberdeen-no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindAberdeen-no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindAberdeen-no account filed
September 2015HailAberdeen-no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindAberdeen-no account filed
July 2009HailAberdeen-no account filed
August 2009Thunderstorm WindAberdeen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Big Horn 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Wyola5.5 miles12
Spear10.1 miles12
Forty Mile Colony14.9 miles13
Lodge Grass17.9 miles13
Decker26.3 miles7
Kirby27.6 miles7
Benteen27.8 miles13
Garryowen32.8 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 768107. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.