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Bole, Montana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Choteau census division. The Survey maps it on the Freezeout Lake quadrangle.

Bole within Teton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 11 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

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Bole between 2017 and 2019, burning about 7 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
21 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTeton Countynot named
4 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresCentral Land OfficeCHOTEAU
3 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresCentral Land OfficeCHOTEAU

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Teton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bole: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Freezeout Lake DepositIron, TitaniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Teton County

Storms near this place

3 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bole in 3 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2025Thunderstorm WindBole-Awos station K1HM 6 nne Fairfield (Hotel).
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBole-AWOS station K1HM 6 NNE Fairfield measured a 61 mph wind gust.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBole-Measured via military AWOS station K1HM located six miles north/northeast of Fairfield.

Every storm recorded in Teton 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
Eastham Junction4.6 miles11
Cleiv6.1 miles15
Fairfield6.8 miles15
Greenfield9.4 miles15
New Rockport Colony10.6 miles11
Choteau Junction10.9 miles11
Beck (historical)11.5 miles13
Choteau11.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 769087. 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.