Barber, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Ryegate census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59074. The Survey maps it on the Deadmans Basin Reservoir quadrangle.
On record in Barber
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Grace Lutheran Church of Barberlisted 1982 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1889 USGS Big Snowy Mountain quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Big Snowy Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Roundup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Roundup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Deadmans Basin Reservoir quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Harlowton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Barber between 2003 and 2017, burning about 962 acres in total. None 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 23 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | 696 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 19 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 264 acres | North Central Montana District | TODD |
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 Barber: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnemann Ranch | Clay | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
7 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barber in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2020: 6 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2014 | Flood | Barber | - | County officials and the Montana Department of Transportation reported significant flooding of streams and low lying areas across the area. The combination of rapid snow melt and ice resulted in high water levels along the Musselshell River from Harlowton to Shawmut...Ryegate and Lavina. In addition, some county roads were reported to be impassable. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Barber | - | Some windows were broken. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Barber | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Barber | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Barber | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Barber | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Barber | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dodgetown (historical) | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Ryegate | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Golden Valley Colony | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Franklin | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Seventynine (historical) | 12.4 miles | 11 | |
| Slayton Junction (historical) | 17.2 miles | 11 | |
| Rothiemay | 17.4 miles | 11 | |
| Cushman | 18.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 768500. 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.





