Bighorn, Montana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the North Treasure census division. It lies near Petes Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Bighorn quadrangle. It stands 2,703 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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 Forsyth quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Bighorn quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1979 USGS Hysham quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Bighorn between 2008 and 2020, burning about 80 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Yellowstone County | I94 POMPEYS PILLAR AREA |
| 4 August 2018 | Natural | 25 acres | Southern Land Office | JUNCTION CITY |
| 28 August 2008 | Smoking | 40 acres | Southern Land Office | not named |
| 21 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.6 acres | Billings Field Office | 57 |
| 28 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Southern Land Office | DORN |
| 24 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | MM55 I 94 |
| 6 October 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Yellowstone County | INCIDENT 1080 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bighorn in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 9 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Bighorn | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bighorn | - | Fifty-two knot wind reported. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Bighorn | - | Some windows were broken. |
| March 2014 | Flood | Bighorn | - | County officials and the Montana Department of Transportation reported small stream and low land flooding. Numerous roads and some highways were reported to have water flowing across them. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bighorn | - | Dime size hail was also reported. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bighorn | - | An estimated wind gust of 60 mph was reported twelve miles west/southwest of Hysham. A trailer roof was blown off as a result of these strong winds. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bighorn | - | An estimated wind gust of 80 mph was reported ten miles south/southeast of Bighorn. Shingles and parts of corrals were reported missing. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Bighorn | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Bighorn | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Bighorn | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Bighorn | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bighorn | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Bighorn | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Bighorn | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Bighorn | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Bighorn | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bighorn | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Bighorn | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bighorn | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurtzville (historical) | 0.0 miles | 12 | |
| Etchetah (historical) | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Rancher (historical) | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Myers | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Hysham | 14.5 miles | 9 | |
| Burnt Creek (historical) | 15.2 miles | 8 | |
| Sanders | 20.7 miles | 9 |
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 Q136378372 | 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 802033. 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.





