Edwards, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the South Garfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59077. It lies near Dugout Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Edwards quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Jordan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Edwards quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Sand Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Edwards between 2006 and 2020, burning about 120 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 73 acres | Miles City Field Office | HAISLETT |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 45 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | BIG DRY CREEK (ASSIST) |
| 12 July 2019 | Natural | 2.3 acres | Garfield County | HAISLETT - GARFIELD |
| 23 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Garfield County | DUGOUT - GARFIELD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edwards in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2007: 9 hail, 5 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 2001 | Hail | Edwards | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwards | - | Tree branches down. Some siding torn off a house. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwards | - | Several augers blown over. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwards | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Edwards | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwards | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Edwards | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Edwards | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwards | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Edwards | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Edwards | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Edwards | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Edwards | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Edwards | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anad (historical) | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Sand Springs | 8.5 miles | 7 | |
| Bruce (historical) | 8.7 miles | 7 | |
| Steve Forks | 9.0 miles | 7 | |
| Tindall (historical) | 15.1 miles | 7 | |
| Braggville (historical) | 15.3 miles | 7 | |
| Brunelda (historical) | 16.8 miles | 8 | |
| Chimney Crossing | 17.4 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 771142. 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.





