BlockContent, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the South Phillips census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59538. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Content 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 Glasgow quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Content quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Malta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Content in 2009, burning about 141 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 141 acres | Malta Field Office | TALLOW CREEK |
Storms near this place
16 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Content in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flood, 1 flash 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 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Content | $20,000 | 60 mph wind gust blew roof off barn 15 miles south of Content. |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Content | $5,000 | Coop observer and trained spotter in Content could not make it home the night of July 3rd due to the road being washed out from water running across it. When the observer arrived home, she found that 1400 pound hay bales had been moved by flowing water and a bundle of 200 wood fence posts had been swept away. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Content | - | Cooperative observer 4 NNE Content estimated 60 mph wind gusts. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Content | - | Trained spotter estimated 70 mph wind gusts. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Content | - | Trained spotter estimated 70 mph wind gusts. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Content | - | Cooperative observer reported 65 mph wind gusts and heavy rain. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Content | - | Co-op observer reported 60 mph winds. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Content | - | Estimated golfball size hail. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Content | - | Heavy rain was also reported. |
| June 2007 | Flood | Content | - | Heavy rain caused the Tallow Creek to come out of it's banks and wash out a gravel road. |
| May 2007 | Flood | Content | - | Tallow Creek was out of its banks in several locations and was flowing over Content Road in spots. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Content | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Content | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Content | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Content | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Content | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box Elder (historical) | 11.4 miles | 9 | |
| Sun Prairie | 15.6 miles | 10 | |
| Dryer Place | 19.1 miles | 9 | |
| First Creek (historical) | 19.7 miles | 8 | |
| Old Whitcomb Place | 22.3 miles | 9 | |
| East Malta Colony | 22.8 miles | 9 | |
| Regina (historical) | 23.4 miles | 9 | |
| X Crossing | 24.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 806940. 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.