Agawam, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Choteau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59422. It stands on Foster Creek. The Survey maps it on the Agawam North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 11 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.
- 1920 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Agawam South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Agawam between 2017 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Teton County | KESLER ASSIST |
| 24 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Central Land Office | CHOTEAU |
| 19 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Teton County | JOHNS |
| 14 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | PENDROY |
| 21 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Teton County | JITTERBUG |
| 27 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Central Land Office | DUTTON |
| 8 May 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | CHOTEAU |
| 28 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Agawam in 7 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 5 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Agawam | - | Mesonet station RICMT Rice Ridge measured a 50 kt gust. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Agawam | - | Measured via site RICMT near Rice Ridge. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Agawam | - | Trained spotter report of 1 inch hail bouncing several feet off the ground 6 miles ESE of Bynum. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Agawam | - | Mesonet station ricmt Rice Ridge observed a 50kt gust. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Agawam | - | Hail size reported to have ranged from pea-size to golf ball size, with winds of 26 mph, and torrential downpour. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Agawam | - | Mesonet station reported wind gust of 80 mph. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Agawam | - | Rice Ridge mesonet reported a 71 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malone | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Bynum | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Farmington | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Miller Colony | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Burton (historical) | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Koyl | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Pendroy | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Liberty Center (historical) | 10.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 801983. 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.
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.








