BlockComanche, Montana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Northwest Yellowstone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59015. The Survey maps it on the Comanche quadrangle. It stands 3,747 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Comanche quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Billings quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Comanche between 2017 and 2020, burning about 108 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 2018 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Southern Land Office | FLOODED ISLAND |
| 16 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Yellowstone County | MM 28 HIGHWAY 3 NO. 2 |
| 11 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 95 acres | Yellowstone County | OSWALD RD |
| 13 December 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | 13825 HWY 3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Comanche in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Comanche | - | A wind gust of 71 mph was reported in Molt. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Comanche | - | An estimated wind gust of 60 mph along with blowing dust was reported 6 miles NNE of Molt. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Comanche | - | Anywhere from pea size to quarter size hail was reported. |
| August 1999 | Hail | Comanche | - | Spotter report of nickel size hail. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Comanche | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Comanche | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View Colony | 5.7 miles | 6 | |
| Acton | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Broadview | 8.8 miles | 6 | |
| Rimrock | 14.0 miles | 11 | |
| Baseline | 15.2 miles | 11 | |
| Cameron Park | 17.0 miles | 11 | |
| Hesper | 18.0 miles | 11 | |
| Billings Heights | 20.2 miles | 19 |
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 Comanche | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14704534 | 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 806935. 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.