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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.

Boyes within Carter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

2 since 2012

Regional 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
Natural2

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
10 September 2012Natural1.6 acresMiles City Field OfficeHAMMOND
1 August 2016Natural500 acresSouthern Land OfficeBATTLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Storms near this place

16 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2011Thunderstorm WindBoyes-An estimated wind gust of 60 mph was reported. The strong winds broke twigs and snapped 2 inch diameter branches off of trees.
July 2008HailBoyes-Winds of 50 mph were also reported.
July 2008HailBoyes-Vehicles damaged, large trees down, and State DOT garage doors were blown off due to hail and strong winds.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindBoyes-Golfball size hail covered the ground. 70 mph winds. Multiple windows broken
May 2018HailBoyes-no account filed
June 2018HailBoyes-no account filed
June 2015HailBoyes-no account filed
June 2014HailBoyes-no account filed
August 2012HailBoyes-no account filed
August 2012HailBoyes-no account filed
August 2012HailBoyes-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindBoyes-no account filed
June 2005HailBoyes-no account filed
June 2001HailBoyes-no account filed
August 2000HailBoyes-no account filed
June 1996HailBoyes-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carter 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
Hammond6.7 miles8
Ridge15.3 miles8
Chalk Buttes (historical)31.1 miles9
Ridgeway31.3 miles8
Alzada36.9 miles8
Albion40.4 miles8
Prairie Dale (historical)40.7 miles8
Pershing (historical)42.2 miles8

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.