Bowdoin, Montana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Malta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59538. The Survey maps it on the Bowdoin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1905 USGS Bowdoin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Bowdoin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Malta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Bowdoin between 1992 and 2019, burning about 320 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.1 acres | Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge | HORSE |
| 12 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge | COPPLE |
| 4 August 2014 | Natural | 1.8 acres | Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge | POSSUM NATURAL OUT |
| 22 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 6.7 acres | Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge | BAT WING |
| 15 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge | SALSBERRY |
| 11 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge | DOODLEBUG |
| 6 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.3 acres | Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge | TOWNSITE |
| 20 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 acres | Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge | BEAVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bowdoin in 10 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 7 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 2022 | Hail | Bowdoin | - | Public reported, via Facebook, hail up to the size of golf balls. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Bowdoin | - | Public reported hen egg sized hail. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowdoin | - | A freight train was derailed by high winds. Forty rail cars holding mostly empty containers were blown off the tracks. |
| October 2016 | Flood | Bowdoin | - | Beaver Creek near Saco (GSCM8) rose above its flood stage of 11 feet at 4:44 AM MST on October 6th, crested at 13.30 feet at 12:12 PM MST on October 7th, then fell back down below flood stage at 6:42 AM MST on October 12th. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Bowdoin | - | Trained spotter reported nickel-sized hail. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Bowdoin | - | Mainly pea-sized hail reported, mixed with some nickel-sized hail...along with heavy rain. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowdoin | - | Power was lost due to storms in the area. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Bowdoin | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Bowdoin | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Bowdoin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Malta Colony | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Sleeping Buffalo | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Ashfield | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Cree Crossing | 11.2 miles | 7 | |
| Cole | 12.6 miles | 8 | |
| Malta | 14.4 miles | 8 | |
| Saco | 14.7 miles | 9 | |
| Tattnall | 16.5 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802049. 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.





