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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.

Cleveland within Blaine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

3 since 1997

Regional 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
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresBlaine CountyFDH-MTLG24-138
24 July 1997Natural1.0 acresNorth Central Montana DistrictW.BLACK BT
12 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNortheastern Land Officenot named

Every fire recorded in Blaine County

Storms near this place

7 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2022Tornado (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 2014HailCleveland-Hail 1.50 inches (ping pong ball sized) reported about 15 mi ESE of Lloyd, MT.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCleveland-A severe thunderstorm produced a 60 mph wind gust at Cleveland 12SE.
July 2001HailCleveland-Actual event location Cleveland 8 SE.
July 2000HailCleveland-no account filed
June 1995HailCleveland-no account filed
August 1994HailCleveland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Blaine 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
Ramburg (historical)7.8 miles10
Lloyd11.2 miles9
Rattlesnake13.0 miles10
Hungry Hollow (historical)16.2 miles8
Maddux16.6 miles8
Bearpaw (historical)19.8 miles10
North Fork22.0 miles10
Sour Dough Flat (historical)22.0 miles7

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.