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Carlyle, Montana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Pine Hill-St. Phillips census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59353. The Survey maps it on the Carlyle quadrangle.

Carlyle within Wibaux County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

4 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Carlyle between 2018 and 2020, burning about 47 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
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
7 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use31 acresEastern Land OfficeCARLYLE
4 July 2020Naturalunder an acreFallon CountyBEAVER - FALLON
27 July 2019Natural1.2 acresFallon CountyOLLIE - FALLON
22 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use14 acresFallon CountyRISING - FALLON

Every fire recorded in Wibaux County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Carlyle: 11 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Lignite. 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
North American UraniumUranium, LigniteOccurrence
Burmac Exploration Corp.UraniumOccurrence
Cox LeaseUraniumOccurrenceTyuyamunite
Cox LeaseUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
Cox and Neary RanchesUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
Stark LeaseUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
WaldronUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Wibaux County

Storms near this place

23 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carlyle in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 12 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCarlyle-Reported at the Ash Creek MT DOT station.
May 2023HailCarlyle-A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of quarters.
June 2023Heavy RainCarlyle-A trained spotter measured 1 inch of rain that fell in about 10 minutes. Hail the size of peas was reported as well.
July 2020HailCarlyle-Trained spotter reported hail up to the size of ping pong balls, as well as wind gusts estimated at 50 mph.
May 2011FloodCarlyle-Many gravel roads became impassible due to the extremely wet conditions.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindCarlyle-The trained spotter reported pea size hail with the strong wind.
June 2009HailCarlyle-The hail ranged from pea to golfball-size. There were several supercellular storms that moved over the area back to back and there were no real breaks between the hailstorms during the entire time period.
June 2009HailCarlyle-Hailstorm moved southeast, dropping up to golfball-size hail.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Carlyle-A storm chasing tour group witnessed a tornado for 3 minutes before it dissipated. It was in open country and eventually became rain-wrapped. Tornado times are based on video of the event.
June 2009Heavy RainCarlyle-Spotter received 1.1 inches of rain.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindCarlyle-Three inch diameter tree branches were downed.
June 2009HailCarlyle-no account filed
June 2009HailCarlyle-no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCarlyle-no account filed
August 2008HailCarlyle-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindCarlyle-no account filed
June 2006HailCarlyle-no account filed
June 2006HailCarlyle-no account filed
June 2005HailCarlyle-no account filed
June 2005HailCarlyle-no account filed
July 2004HailCarlyle-no account filed
July 1997FloodCarlyle-no account filed
July 1996Tornado (F0)Carlyle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wibaux 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
Saint Phillip12.7 miles8
Yates20.6 miles8
Wibaux23.5 miles8
Been (historical)38.6 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 806912. 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.