BlockGalata, Montana
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Shelby census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59444. The Survey maps it on the Galata quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Shelby quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Galata quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Conrad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Galata in 2019, burning under an acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Toole County | DEVON FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Galata in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galata | - | Bootlegger S CG SW Mesonet peak gust. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galata | - | Mesonet station at 10 NNE Galata measured a 56 kt (64 mph) thunderstorm wind gust. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galata | - | Measured by ambient weather station. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galata | - | Strong winds measuring 59KT (68MPH) were reported 5 miles NNE of Galata, MT. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galata | - | High winds measured at 54KT (62MPH) were reported in Galata, MT. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galata | - | Winds gusted to 55KT (63MPH) 6 miles NNE of Galata. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Galata | - | Hail of 1.00 inches was reported 16 miles S of Inverness. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galata | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 66 mph at Galata 6NNE. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Galata | - | Two farmers independently reported 4 inches of marble to penny sized soft hail around 10 miles south of Galata in southeast Toole county. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Galata | - | Actual spotter location Galata 6 W. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galata | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Galata | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devon | 6.7 miles | 7 | |
| Dunkirk | 16.5 miles | 7 | |
| Camrose Colony | 17.9 miles | 7 | |
| Kippen | 22.9 miles | 8 | |
| Naismith | 23.2 miles | 7 | |
| Shelby | 26.8 miles | 8 | |
| Gold Butte | 27.5 miles | 7 | |
| Ferdig | 29.5 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 771676. 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.