Cleveland, Montana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Chinook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59523. It stands on Nicholson Bluff Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cleveland 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.
- 1953 USGS Havre quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Havre quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Havre quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Rocky Boy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Cleveland between 1997 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. 1 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 | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Blaine County | FDH-MTLG24-138 |
| 24 July 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | North Central Montana District | W.BLACK BT |
| 12 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
Storms near this place
7 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cleveland in 7 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 | Tornado (EF0) | Cleveland | - | Photos submitted to NWS of a tornado on the backside of a single supercell near Ft. Belknap Reservation. Official indicated that the tornado was south of Ft Belknap Agency and near Wild Horse Butte. No known damage was been reported or observed. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Cleveland | - | Hail 1.50 inches (ping pong ball sized) reported about 15 mi ESE of Lloyd, MT. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a 60 mph wind gust at Cleveland 12SE. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Cleveland | - | Actual event location Cleveland 8 SE. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Hail | Cleveland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramburg (historical) | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Lloyd | 11.2 miles | 9 | |
| Rattlesnake | 13.0 miles | 10 | |
| Hungry Hollow (historical) | 16.2 miles | 8 | |
| Maddux | 16.6 miles | 8 | |
| Bearpaw (historical) | 19.8 miles | 10 | |
| North Fork | 22.0 miles | 10 | |
| Sour Dough Flat (historical) | 22.0 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 769929. 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.





