Armington, Montana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Belt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59412. It lies in Armington Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Armington quadrangle. It stands 3,563 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1890 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000
- 1897 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Belt quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Belt SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Armington quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Belt quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Armington between 2017 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cascade County | not named |
| 6 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Cascade County | SUNRISE LN |
| 27 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Cascade County | LIME KILN |
| 23 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Cascade County | MONARCH TWO DOT |
| 11 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Cascade County | WILD ROSE |
| 19 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cascade County | JOHNSON FIRE |
| 26 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | BELT RURAL |
| 14 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Cascade County | BUMGARNER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Armington: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Iron, Aluminum, Water, Free. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belt Clay | Silica, Iron, Aluminum, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1905 |
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Armington in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flood. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Flood | Armington | 2 killed, $60,000 | BTCM8, Belt Creek near Monarch, crested at 6.79 feet on May 17th. Water levels resulted in strong currents that claimed the lives of two men visiting from Canada. The two men went into the fast moving water to retrieve their dog. The dog made it to shore, but the two men were pulled downstream and ultimately drowned. Water levels also flooded a portion of Sluice Boxes State Park's entrance parking lot as well as fields and yards from Sluice Boxes northward to Armington. A house in Neihart was flooded near the area were O'Brien Creek enters Belt Creek. |
| May 2023 | Flood | Armington | - | BTCM8, Belt Creek near Monarch, crested at 7.02 feet. Sluice Boxes State Park's main entrance was flooded and closed. Water levels flooded many yards and approached many homes, but no reports of impactful structural flooding were received. Water levels were out of their banks in many areas from Sluice Boxes northward to near Belt. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Armington | - | Hail, measuring 0.75 inches (penny sized), was reported along with heavy rain. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Armington | - | Hail, measuring 0.75 inches (penny sized), was reported along with heavy rain. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armington | - | High winds estimated 61KT (70MPH) in the Armington Junction area. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armington | - | High winds estimated 52KT (60MPH). |
| July 2000 | Hail | Armington | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armington | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armington Junction | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Belton (historical) | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Belt | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Wayne | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Blythe | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Valley Colony | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Fife | 8.8 miles | 15 | |
| Riceville | 10.6 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Armington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q688521 | 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 768337. 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.








