BlockFergus, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Roy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59471. It stands on East Fork Box Elder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fergus quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fergus quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Fergus between 2017 and 2018, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 28 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.3 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fergus in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fergus | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 64 mph at Roy 2E. Several large trees were reported down along with several power poles. Sheet metal was also reported to have been blown across the road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roy | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Armells (historical) | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Box Elder (historical) | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Rustle (historical) | 12.1 miles | 13 | |
| Canyon (historical) | 13.0 miles | 13 | |
| Maiden | 13.6 miles | 13 | |
| Christina | 14.1 miles | 8 | |
| Warm Spring Creek | 15.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 771325. 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.