BlockEagleton, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Big Sandy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59520. The Survey maps it on the Seifort Reservoir quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 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 Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Seifort Reservoir quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Eagleton in 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 October 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Fergus County | FDH-MTLG08-193 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eagleton in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 2 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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 2022 | Heavy Rain | Eagleton | - | Coop reporter reports 3.18 inches of rain. Time start estimated by radar. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Eagleton | - | Coop observer updates report to 5.06 inches rain accumulation. |
| June 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Eagleton | - | The area the tornado was reported was extensively rural. Tree damage was noted 16 miles southeast of Big Sandy in the Eagle Creek drainage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopp (historical) | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Iliad | 10.1 miles | 8 | |
| Eskay (historical) | 11.1 miles | 7 | |
| Warrick | 12.8 miles | 10 | |
| Parker School | 21.2 miles | 10 | |
| Big Sandy | 23.8 miles | 8 | |
| Boneau | 24.2 miles | 9 | |
| Coal Banks Landing | 24.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 767931. 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.