BlockFerdig, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sunburst census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59466. The Survey maps it on the Ferdig quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1939 USGS Sunburst quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Sweet Grass Hills quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Ferdig quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Ferdig between 2018 and 2019, burning about 6 acres in total. 1 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 | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 11 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Toole County | JESSE ROLF |
| 1 November 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 11 January 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Toole County | HESLA RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ferdig in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2013: 3 heavy rain, 1 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 2013 | Heavy Rain | Ferdig | - | Heavy rain measuring .95 inches associated with a passing thunderstorm. Winds gusted to 48KT (56MPH) with the storm. |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Ferdig | - | Heavy rain measuring 1.80 inches in 24 hours was reported 9 miles E of Ferdig, MT. |
| September 2013 | Heavy Rain | Ferdig | - | Heavy rain measuring 0.95 in one hour during the morning with 0.60 more across a couple afternoon hours. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Ferdig | - | Ping pong ball sized hail, measuring 1.50 inches, was reported 5 miles ESE of Ferdig. |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122557302 | 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 771324. 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.