BlockBonfield, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the North Custer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59338. It stands on Saugus Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kinsey NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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
- 1969 USGS Kinsey NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Terry quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Bonfield between 1995 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1995 | Natural | 15 acres | Miles City Field Office | COTTONWOOD |
| 4 August 2000 | Natural | 15 acres | Eastern Land Office | not named |
| 1 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Prairie County | ZERO - PRAIRIE |
| 9 May 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | SHIRLEY |
| 28 May 2001 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | BON FIELD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bonfield in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2018: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Bonfield | - | Water was reported to be rushing across I-94 trapping some vehicles and pushing over fences. There was also considerable hail on I-94 resulting in hazardous road conditions. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Bonfield | - | A storm chaser reported golf ball size hail along with 50 mph winds. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bonfield | - | A pickup truck pulling a trailer was blown over on I-94 at Mile Marker 160. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Bonfield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Kinsey | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Tusler | 14.0 miles | 9 | |
| Westwood Estates | 20.7 miles | 9 | |
| Miles City | 21.1 miles | 9 | |
| Hilcrest (historical) | 21.4 miles | 8 | |
| Ulmer | 27.0 miles | 9 | |
| Cutler (historical) | 28.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 769098. 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.