Fox, Montana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Roberts census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59070. The Survey maps it on the Roberts quadrangle. 100 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,031 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1932 USGS Red Lodge No 1 quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Roberts quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Red Lodge quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Fox between 2010 and 2020, 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | ANDERSON MUTUAL AID |
| 24 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | NEHMI |
| 14 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | 7700 US HIGHWAY 212 |
| 23 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | MOOSE TRACK |
| 17 May 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | TWO MILE MUTUAL AID |
| 14 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Carbon County | EAST PALISADES BASIN |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | 8000 HWY 212 |
| 19 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | 7883 ROBERTS |
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 Fox: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob O. Joki | Manganese | Unknown |
Storms near this place
6 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fox in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2015: 3 hail, 2 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Flood | Fox | $600,000 | Flooding from June continued into July along Rock Creek near Two Mile Road. Emergency repairs were needed on the Two Mile Bridge(which was closed) north of Red Lodge. Rock Creek was also reported to have cut a new channel and was as high as it has ever been. As a result, residents in 4 to 5 homes were stranded in the Fox area about 6 miles north of Red Lodge. In addition, another 3 homes were under water in the Wagon Wheel Estates which is about 3 miles north of Red Lodge. Western Ranch Estates near Roberts was flooded. In addition, Grapevine and Cottonwood Roads near Silesia were closed. Rock Creek at Red Lodge rose above flood stage on the 5th and continued to run above flood stage through the 7th. The creek crested at 7.54 feet on the 5th and again at 7.69 feet on the 6th. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Fox | - | Some of the hail was slightly larger than quarters. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Fox | - | County officials reported flooding along Rock Creek near 2 Mile Road which resulted in 2 Mile Road north of Red Lodge being closed. In addition, Rock Creek in Red Lodge rose above flood stage on the 29th and continued above flood stage through the end of the month. The river crested at 7.78 feet on the 29th. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fox | - | An estimated wind gust of 60 mph was reported 5 miles NNE of Red Lodge. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Fox | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Fox | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberts | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Red Lodge | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Caledonia (historical) | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Scotch Coulee (historical) | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Washoe | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Bearcreek | 8.6 miles | 15 | |
| Selmes | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| Simpkins Place | 10.4 miles | 13 |
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 Fox | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5476514 | 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 771584. 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.





