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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.

Bighorn within Treasure County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

7 since 2008

Regional 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/undetermined5
Smoking1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
2 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreYellowstone CountyI94 POMPEYS PILLAR AREA
4 August 2018Natural25 acresSouthern Land OfficeJUNCTION CITY
28 August 2008Smoking40 acresSouthern Land Officenot named
21 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.6 acresBillings Field Office57
28 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouthern Land OfficeDORN
24 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeMM55 I 94
6 October 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresYellowstone CountyINCIDENT 1080

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Treasure County

Storms near this place

19 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1998Tornado (F0)Bighorn$100,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBighorn-Fifty-two knot wind reported.
July 2021HailBighorn-Some windows were broken.
March 2014FloodBighorn-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 2013Thunderstorm WindBighorn-Dime size hail was also reported.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindBighorn-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 2008Thunderstorm WindBighorn-An estimated wind gust of 80 mph was reported ten miles south/southeast of Bighorn. Shingles and parts of corrals were reported missing.
July 2021HailBighorn-no account filed
June 2018HailBighorn-no account filed
May 2010HailBighorn-no account filed
July 2010HailBighorn-no account filed
April 2007Thunderstorm WindBighorn-no account filed
August 2002HailBighorn-no account filed
July 2001HailBighorn-no account filed
May 2000HailBighorn-no account filed
August 2000HailBighorn-no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindBighorn-no account filed
June 1997Funnel CloudBighorn-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindBighorn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Treasure County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Kurtzville (historical)0.0 miles12
Etchetah (historical)2.9 miles12
Rancher (historical)7.5 miles9
Myers8.4 miles9
Hysham14.5 miles9
Burnt Creek (historical)15.2 miles8
Sanders20.7 miles9

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 Q136378372The 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.