Boyes, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Alzada-Boyes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59316. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Boyes quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Broadus quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Boyes quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Boyes between 2012 and 2016, burning about 502 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2012 | Natural | 1.6 acres | Miles City Field Office | HAMMOND |
| 1 August 2016 | Natural | 500 acres | Southern Land Office | BATTLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boyes in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2018: 13 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boyes | - | An estimated wind gust of 60 mph was reported. The strong winds broke twigs and snapped 2 inch diameter branches off of trees. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Boyes | - | Winds of 50 mph were also reported. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Boyes | - | Vehicles damaged, large trees down, and State DOT garage doors were blown off due to hail and strong winds. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boyes | - | Golfball size hail covered the ground. 70 mph winds. Multiple windows broken |
| May 2018 | Hail | Boyes | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Boyes | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Boyes | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Boyes | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Boyes | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Boyes | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Boyes | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boyes | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Boyes | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Boyes | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Boyes | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Boyes | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hammond | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Ridge | 15.3 miles | 8 | |
| Chalk Buttes (historical) | 31.1 miles | 9 | |
| Ridgeway | 31.3 miles | 8 | |
| Alzada | 36.9 miles | 8 | |
| Albion | 40.4 miles | 8 | |
| Prairie Dale (historical) | 40.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pershing (historical) | 42.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802052. 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.





