BlockEthridge, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Shelby census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59435. The Survey maps it on the Ethridge quadrangle. It stands 3,543 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1909 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:125000
- 1912 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Ethridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Ethridge between 2002 and 2020, burning about 408 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 30 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 150 acres | Toole County | TOMSHX INC |
| 22 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | KICKINGWOM |
| 26 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 30 July 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 30 July 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 26 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 27 May 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
Storms near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ethridge in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2017: 5 hail. 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 1994 | Hail | Ethridge | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Ethridge | - | Public report of quarter sized hail south of Ethridge near Potter Road. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Ethridge | - | Hail measuring 1.00 inches (quarter sized) was reported 5 miles SSW of Ethridge, MT by KSEN radio. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Ethridge | - | Hail measuring 1.75 inches (golf ball sized) was reported 6 miles N of Ethridge, MT. |
| July 1996 | Hail | Ethridge | - | 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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Ethridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18150531 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 771247. 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.