BlockGarneill, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lewistown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59453. It stands on Meadow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo quadrangle. It stands 4,419 feet above sea level.
On record in Garneill
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Manley's General Storelisted 2024
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1889 USGS Big Snowy Mountain quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Big Snowy Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Roundup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Roundup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Big Snowy Mountains quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Garneill in 2017, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.3 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garneill in 11 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2025 | Hail | Garneill | - | Trained spotter reported quarter size hail. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garneill | - | AWOS station K!LM Judith Gap measured a 51 kt gust. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garneill | - | Montana Department of Highways sensor near Judith Gap measured a peak thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garneill | - | An AWOS station at Lima (K1LM) measured a wind gust of 58 mph (50 kts). |
| July 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Garneill | - | Funnel cloud spotted Garneill. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garneill | - | Peak wind gust at an AWOS station south of Lewistown. |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Garneill | - | Heavy rain measuring 2.30 inches in 24 hours was reported at the Crystal Lake SNOTEL 12 miles ENE of Garneill, MT. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Garneill | - | In 15 minutes, 0.75 inches of rain fell in 15 minutes with total rainfall of 1.5 inches through 5 pm measured by personal weather station. Water over county road. Pea sized hail at times with little or no wind. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garneill | - | Reported by spotter in Garneill. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Garneill | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Garneill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McClave | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Buffalo | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Straw | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Rockford (historical) | 14.8 miles | 11 | |
| Moore | 15.7 miles | 11 | |
| Eddies Corner | 15.9 miles | 11 | |
| Seright (historical) | 16.0 miles | 11 | |
| Beaver Creek | 20.1 miles | 11 |
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 Garneill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5523603 | 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 802105. 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.