BlockCenterville, Montana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Eden-Stockett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59480. It stands on Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Southeast Great Falls quadrangle. 32 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,484 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1886 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Stockett quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Southeast Great Falls quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1976 USGS Great Falls South 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 Centerville between 1995 and 2017, burning about 118 acres in total. None 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge | BOOTLEGGER |
| 30 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | SAND COULEE |
| 23 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Central Land Office | SAND COULEE |
| 25 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 66 acres | Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge | OUTLET |
| 23 April 1996 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge | 4A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Centerville: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Coulee It | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Centerville in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 2022 | Heavy Rain | Centerville | - | Rain reported to have fallen since 4 AM the same day. Ponding of water was reported in spots, along with filled ditches. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust of 60 mph at Centerville 7S. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Centerville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number Seven | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sand Coulee | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Tracy | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Stockett | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Big Stone Colony | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Gerber | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Box Elder (historical) | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Giffen | 5.7 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Centerville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q107334938 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 769720. 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.