Epsie, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Broadus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59317. It stands on Wiser Creek. The Survey maps it on the Epsie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Epsie quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Broadus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Epsie between 1994 and 2017, burning about 8,413 acres in total. 3 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 | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 1994 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | ZIER |
| 12 August 2007 | Natural | 7,708 acres | Miles City Field Office | ROAD CREEK |
| 11 August 2003 | Natural | 687 acres | Miles City Field Office | ROUGH CRK |
| 26 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Eastern Land Office | MIZPAH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
32 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Epsie in 32 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 27 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2025 | Hail | Epsie | - | One inch hail reported. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Epsie | - | Estimated gust by spotter. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Epsie | - | A metal roof was blown off a shed and into the corrals resulting in damage to the corrals. A door was blown off a shed. |
| August 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Epsie | - | The tornado was reported just west of Wolf Mountain and north of Post, Montana and Rough Creek. There was plenty of debris along with hail damage east of town along Highway 59. Hail accompanied the supercell thunderstorm and was reported to be golf ball to softball size. |
| June 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Epsie | - | Storm spotter reported a brief funnel cloud about 9 miles west of Broadus. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Epsie | - | Marble to quarter size hail covered the ground. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Epsie | - | Washed out culvert near Epsie and Mile Marker 94.5 on Highway 212 west of Broadus due to a heavy thunderstorm. Highway 212 from just northwest of Broadus to Ashland was closed for 22 hours after the flash flood. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Epsie | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Epsie | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Epsie | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Epsie | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Epsie | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Epsie | - | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Hail | Epsie | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Epsie | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Epsie | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Epsie | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Epsie | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Epsie | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Epsie | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Epsie | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Epsie | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Epsie | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Epsie | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Epsie | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Epsie | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Epsie | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Epsie | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Epsie | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Epsie | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Epsie | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Epsie | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olive | 7.7 miles | 7 | |
| Sonnette | 11.0 miles | 10 | |
| Broadus | 13.3 miles | 8 | |
| Moores (historical) | 15.7 miles | 8 | |
| Coalwood | 16.6 miles | 7 | |
| Stacey | 20.2 miles | 9 | |
| Cameron Crossing | 20.8 miles | 7 | |
| Sayle | 25.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 771234. 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.





