Del Bonita, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Blackfeet Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59427. The Survey maps it on the Del Bonita quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1911 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Del Bonita quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Del Bonita between 1992 and 2017, burning about 275 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | SWANSON |
| 6 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | FARMERS FIRE |
| 28 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | RADAR FIRE |
| 30 March 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Blackfeet Agency | LYTLE |
| 24 October 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.7 acres | Blackfeet Agency | MILK RIVER |
| 24 October 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Blackfeet Agency | FITZGERALD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Del Bonita: 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Kennedy Coulee | Iron, Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Radar Station Deposit | Iron, Titanium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Del Bonita in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Del Bonita | - | Ambient weather station by LJ Johnson Farms in Cut Bank reported 57 knot wind gust. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Del Bonita | - | Measured at LJ Johnson Farms via ambient weather. temp dropped from 75 degrees to 55 degrees with passage of storm. |
| June 2014 | Flood | Del Bonita | - | A couple feet of water was reported over Highway 213 near Del Bonita, MT. |
| August 2000 | Hail | Del Bonita | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Sky Colony | 10.4 miles | 9 | |
| Sullivan (historical) | 13.9 miles | 9 | |
| Glendale Colony | 16.7 miles | 9 | |
| Seville Colony | 23.5 miles | 9 | |
| Douglas (historical) | 24.6 miles | 9 | |
| Zenith Colony | 25.2 miles | 11 | |
| Korner (historical) | 25.5 miles | 11 | |
| Wetzel | 26.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 770594. 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.





