Coalwood, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1973. It stands in the Broadus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59351. It lies near Twin Buttes. The Survey maps it on the Coalwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Coalwood quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Coalwood between 2000 and 2016, burning about 45 acres in total. 6 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 | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2016 | Natural | 24 acres | Eastern Land Office | LAY CREEK - ROSEBUD |
| 8 August 2016 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | FIRE 319 - ROSEBUD |
| 7 August 2016 | Natural | 5.9 acres | Eastern Land Office | ROE - ROSEBUD |
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | not named |
| 19 August 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | not named |
| 10 July 2016 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | GREENLEAF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coalwood in 19 storm reports between 2002 and 2016: 15 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coalwood | - | Branches 3 to 4 inches in diameter were broken off trees. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Coalwood | - | The hail lasted about 40 minutes. |
| May 2013 | Flood | Coalwood | - | Observations across the area indicated widespread 3 to 6 inches of rain fell across the area over the course of a few days. Emergency management reported that Home Creek along Highway 212 experienced some flooding. In addition, flooding of small streams and creeks occurred across the area along with debris flows on the Ash Creek burn scar area. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coalwood | - | An estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was reported 15 miles north of Broadus. Driving rain with near zero visibility was also reported. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coalwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Coalwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Coalwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Coalwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Coalwood | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Coalwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Coalwood | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Coalwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Coalwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Coalwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Coalwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Coalwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Coalwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Coalwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Coalwood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Crossing | 12.7 miles | 7 | |
| Olive | 12.7 miles | 7 | |
| Stacey | 15.9 miles | 9 | |
| Epsie | 16.6 miles | 8 | |
| Sixmile Crossing | 21.2 miles | 7 | |
| Broadus | 21.9 miles | 8 | |
| Sonnette | 25.2 miles | 10 | |
| Powderville | 25.3 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 770001. 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.




