BlockBluffport, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Terry South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59326. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fallon SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Fallon SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Terry quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Bluffport between 2006 and 2020, burning about 238 acres in total. 7 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 | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 September 2006 | Natural | 25 acres | Eastern Land Office | not named |
| 4 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | MAIN |
| 3 August 2018 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | FALLON FLATS |
| 3 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | COTTONWOOD |
| 25 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Prairie County | BLUFFPORT - PRAIRIE |
| 8 July 2020 | Natural | 14 acres | Prairie County | BROADVIEW - PRAIRIE |
| 6 July 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | POWERLINE |
| 25 July 2007 | Natural | 64 acres | Miles City Field Office | COAL CREEK NORTH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bluffport in 5 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bluffport | - | A wind gust of 58 mph was recorded at the BLM Terry mesonet site. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bluffport | - | The BLM Terry mesonet site (MTM29) measured a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 2023 | Flood | Bluffport | - | An emergency manager in Prairie County reported heavy rainfall caused water to flow over Interstate 94 at mile marker 181. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bluffport | - | The BLM Terry Mesonet site (MTM29) measured a 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| April 2018 | Flash Flood | Bluffport | - | Flash flooding was reported by Prairie County DES personnel on Old Highway 10, or about 6 miles east of Terry. This was due to thunderstorms over the area that produced over an inch and a half of rain in less than an hour. The Mesonet site TWSM8 1 mile southeast of Terry, recorded 1.68 inches of rain from these thunderstorms. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fallon | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Terry | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Calypso | 13.9 miles | 8 | |
| Mildred | 14.5 miles | 8 | |
| Blatchford | 16.6 miles | 8 | |
| Sutherland (historical) | 18.9 miles | 8 | |
| Saugus | 19.2 miles | 8 | |
| Zero | 19.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 769055. 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.