BlockFarmington, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Choteau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59422. The Survey maps it on the Agawam South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1920 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Agawam South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Farmington between 2017 and 2020, burning about 15 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | CHOTEAU |
| 5 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Teton County | KESLER ASSIST |
| 31 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | CHOTEAU |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Teton County | not named |
| 5 July 2017 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Central Land Office | CHOTEAU |
| 28 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Central Land Office | CHOTEAU |
| 24 October 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Central Land Office | CHOTEAU |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Farmington: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, REE, Titanium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Titanium Occurrence | Iron, REE, Titanium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farmington in 3 storm reports between 2022 and 2023: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Hail | Farmington | - | COOP Observer reported a prolonged period of a mix of dime and quarter size hail. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Farmington | - | Trained spotter reported half inch to three-quarters inch hail, some slightly larger 6 miles NNW of Choteau. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Farmington | - | Large amounts of quarter sized hail on Hwy 220 4 miles outside of Choteau. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burton (historical) | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Truchot Hill | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Malone | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Koyl | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Choteau | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Choteau Junction | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Miller Colony | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Agawam | 7.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802096. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.