BlockBenzien, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the North Garfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59077. It stands on Middle Fork Lodgepole Creek. The Survey maps it on the Benzien quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Benzien quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Sand Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Benzien between 1992 and 2014, burning about 138 acres in total. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 10 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | FINEY |
| 14 September 1996 | Natural | 15 acres | Miles City Field Office | KIRBY |
| 9 July 2003 | Natural | 40 acres | Miles City Field Office | STROUD |
| 7 July 2011 | Natural | 16 acres | Miles City Field Office | STROUD |
| 18 July 1995 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | NORTHKIRBY |
| 16 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | STOCKER |
| 15 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | BATTLESHIP |
| 13 June 1992 | Natural | 50 acres | Miles City Field Office | SANDERS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Benzien in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 4 flood, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benzien | - | The Sand Springs NW Hydromet mesonet site measured a 59 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Benzien | - | Public reported, via Facebook, hail up to the size of golf balls. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benzien | - | A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of at least 60 mph, along with small hail. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Benzien | - | Public reported hen egg sized hail. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Benzien | - | Flooding began at 0753 MST on March 13th, with an ice jam breaking a utility pole on the Musselshell before the CMR boundary. Houses in the area were surrounded by water. Also water was running over over the road Trail 79. On March 14th, ice jam causing north of the Mosby bridge causing river to flow out of its banks flooding in all pastures and hay fields. Also spotter 3 miles southeast of Mosby reported flooding with Calf Creek and cannot get back to their homes. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Benzien | - | High river levels continued on the Musselshell River and its tributaries. The gauge at Mosby crested at 1843 MST on May 11th at 13.98 feet. This is almost 6 feet above Flood Stage. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Benzien | - | South Sawmill Raws measured 1.95 inches of rain in a short period of time. Creeks that fed into the Musselshell River in western Garfield County were out of their banks. |
| May 2008 | Flood | Benzien | - | A trained spotter reported bank breaches on Box Elder and McDonald Creeks. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tindall (historical) | 7.5 miles | 7 | |
| Bruce (historical) | 14.0 miles | 7 | |
| Ross Hall | 14.0 miles | 7 | |
| Mecaha (historical) | 14.2 miles | 7 | |
| Sand Springs | 14.8 miles | 7 | |
| Metersville (historical) | 16.7 miles | 7 | |
| Chimney Crossing | 16.9 miles | 7 | |
| Hazny (historical) | 17.0 miles | 7 |
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 Q122572372 | 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 768716. 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.