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Eden, Montana

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Eden-Stockett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59405. The Survey maps it on the Eden quadrangle.

Eden within Cascade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Eden in 2017, burning about 2,510 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/undetermined3

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
24 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,500 acresCentral Land OfficeSAND COULEE
14 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCentral Land OfficeSAND COULEE
14 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCentral Land OfficeSAND COULEE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cascade County

Storms near this place

21 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eden in 21 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 9 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024Thunderstorm WindEden-Mesonet station FW1843 measured a severe gust 10 miles WSW of Stockett.
June 2022Heavy RainEden-Two day storm total.
June 2020Heavy RainEden-June 28th through June 30th.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindEden-Sensor measured 58 mph wind gust.
June 2017HailEden-Estimated hail around quarter size. Crop damage. Strong winds. Time and exact location of event are estimated.
May 2017HailEden-Hail reported 8 miles SE of Ulm.
May 2014HailEden-Hail measuring 1.00 inches (quarter sized) was reported about 14 mi SW of Stockett, MT. Wind gusts estimated at 40 mph.
May 2014HailEden-Hail measuring 0.88 inches (nickel sized) was reported about 11 mi SSE of Ulm, MT.
July 2014Heavy RainEden-Heavy rain, measuring 1.75 inches in about 24 hours.
June 2014Heavy RainEden-Heavy rain of about 0.47 inches in 6 hours was reported.
May 2014HailEden-Hail 1.00 inches (quarter sized) reported.
July 2008HailEden-A severe thunderstorm dropped 1.25 inch diameter hail at Eden 16S.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindEden-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust of 70 mph near Eden.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindEden-3/4 inch diameter hail and estimated wind gusts of 52 kt reported by spotter at Eden 7 S.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindEden-Actual spotter location Eden 9 SW (or Ft Shaw 2 S).
July 2001Thunderstorm WindEden-Actual spotter location Eden 9 SW.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindEden-no account filed
September 2000HailEden-no account filed
June 1997HailEden-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindEden-no account filed
September 1997HailEden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cascade 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
Giffen5.5 miles14
Stockett8.2 miles14
Big Stone Colony9.4 miles16
Three Forks9.7 miles14
Donovan Park (historical)10.1 miles14
Calvert10.3 miles11
Sand Coulee10.5 miles16
Centerville10.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 771134. 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.