BlockDevon, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Shelby census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59474. It lies near Dodge Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Devon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Shelby quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Devon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Conrad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Devon between 2017 and 2019, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Toole County | DEVON FIRE |
| 19 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Toole County | BENJAMIN FIRE |
| 20 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Devon in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Devon | - | Mesonet station GW5346 Devon Three West measured a 59 mph wind gust. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Devon | - | High winds measuring 58KT (67MPH) were reported 7 mi NW of Devon, MT. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Devon | - | Hail measuring 1.00 inches (quarter sized) was reported 11 miles S of Devon, MT. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Devon | - | Ping pong ball sized hail, measuring 1.50 inches, was reported 10 miles S of Devon. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Devon | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 61 mph at Devon 7NW. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Devon | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Devon 6N. |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Devon | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Devon | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Devon | - | 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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q140389492 | 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 770634. 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.