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Decker, Montana

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Decker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82801. It stands on Squirrel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Decker quadrangle. It stands 3,524 feet above sea level.

Decker within Big Horn County

On record in Decker

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

16 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Decker between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,678 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined7
Natural4
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Firearms and explosives 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
6 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
5 September 2020Firearms and explosives use1,061 acresBig Horn CountyRESERVOIR
2 September 2000Natural7.0 acresMiles City Field OfficeSPRING CRK
8 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use686 acresMiles City Field OfficeCOAL
25 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresWyoming State ForestryDECKER
12 August 2007Natural2,234 acresBuffalo Field OfficeTRAIL CREEK
9 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined315 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
8 July 2016Natural304 acresBuffalo Field OfficeBEATTY SPUR

Every fire recorded in Big Horn County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Decker: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Foss PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Big Horn County

Storms near this place

33 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Decker in 33 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 14 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 3 deaths. 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
July 2008Thunderstorm WindDecker2 killedTwo fatalities, both drownings, occurred from a severe thunderstorm that moved across the Tongue River Reservoir. A man fell from a dock and a woman drowned when her small boat capsized as a result of very strong thunderstorm winds.
July 1999LightningDecker1 killedA 13 year old girl was stuck and killed by lightning on the Tongue River Reservoir.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindDecker$4,000Roof damage at Decker with thunderstorm winds.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindDecker-A wind gust blew a camper off a pickup truck.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindDecker-A pick up camper's hatch roof was ripped off during the storm. Winds were estimated at 65 to 80 mph.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindDecker-A wind gust of 60 mph was estimated 5 miles north of the Tongue River Reservoir.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindDecker-A wind gust of 60 mph was estimated just north of the Tongue River Reservoir.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindDecker-Winds were estimated at 60 mph. Trees limbs were broken and leaves stripped.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindDecker-An estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was reported 1 mile NNE of the Tongue River Reservoir.
June 2008HailDecker-Hail dented cars and cracked windshields.
June 2008HailDecker-Wind gusts were estimated at 50 mph.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindDecker-14 foot boat and trailer blown over
July 2001Flash FloodDecker-1 inch of rain in 20 minutes
July 2001Flash FloodDecker-145 feet of road bed washed out beneath the Burlington/Northern Railroad tracks...2 feet of water over the tracks
July 2001Flash FloodDecker-2-3 feet of water running over the road in town
July 2001Flash FloodDecker-Gullies and valleys have torrential flow. Standing water over flat areas
July 2023HailDecker-no account filed
June 2015HailDecker-no account filed
August 2013HailDecker-no account filed
August 2013HailDecker-no account filed
June 2010HailDecker-no account filed
June 2010HailDecker-no account filed
June 2008HailDecker-no account filed
June 2005HailDecker-no account filed
June 2005HailDecker-no account filed
July 2005HailDecker-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindDecker-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindDecker-no account filed
June 2001HailDecker-no account filed
June 2001HailDecker-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindDecker-no account filed
June 1997Flash FloodDecker-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindDecker-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Big Horn 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
Kirby23.0 miles7
Aberdeen26.3 miles12
Wyola29.2 miles12
Spear30.3 miles12
Quietus31.3 miles6
Forty Mile Colony31.4 miles13
Lodge Grass33.7 miles13
Busby36.6 miles8

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 DeckerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5249289The 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 770540. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.