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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.

Edwards within Garfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

4 since 2006

Regional 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
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined73 acresMiles City Field OfficeHAISLETT
7 August 2006Natural45 acresCharles M. Russell National Wildlife RefugeBIG DRY CREEK (ASSIST)
12 July 2019Natural2.3 acresGarfield CountyHAISLETT - GARFIELD
23 May 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGarfield CountyDUGOUT - GARFIELD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garfield County

Storms near this place

14 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2001HailEdwards$5,000no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindEdwards-Tree branches down. Some siding torn off a house.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindEdwards-Several augers blown over.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindEdwards-no account filed
June 2005HailEdwards-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindEdwards-no account filed
August 2005HailEdwards-no account filed
July 2001HailEdwards-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindEdwards-no account filed
July 2001HailEdwards-no account filed
July 2001HailEdwards-no account filed
July 2001HailEdwards-no account filed
April 1999HailEdwards-no account filed
June 1998HailEdwards-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Garfield 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
Anad (historical)6.0 miles7
Sand Springs8.5 miles7
Bruce (historical)8.7 miles7
Steve Forks9.0 miles7
Tindall (historical)15.1 miles7
Braggville (historical)15.3 miles7
Brunelda (historical)16.8 miles8
Chimney Crossing17.4 miles7

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.