Garryowen, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Crow Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59031. It lies near Medicine Tail Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Crow Agency quadrangle. It stands 3,118 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Hardin quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Crow Agency quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
344 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 344 fires within 5 miles of Garryowen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,583 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 31 were 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 | 85 |
| Debris and open burning | 64 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 40 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 34 |
| Fireworks | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Smoking | 21 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Crow Agency | POPCORN |
| 7 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Crow Agency | HALF |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Crow Agency | NEAL |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Crow Agency | ROADSIDE 492 |
| 5 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Crow Agency | SEPTEMBER |
| 5 September 1995 | Smoking | 2,500 acres | Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument | BATTLEFIEL |
| 5 September 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Crow Agency | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Crow Agency | ROUND HALL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Garryowen: 2 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Bentonite | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Bentonite Occurrence | Bentonite | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
11 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garryowen in 11 storm reports between 2002 and 2020: 8 hail, 3 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garryowen | - | Strong winds and heavy rain lasted for 30 minutes. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garryowen | - | A 5 inch flagpole was snapped in half by strong winds estimated to exceed 70 mph. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Garryowen | - | Two windows broken along with extensive siding damage on the west side of house. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Garryowen | - | Car windows broken on Interstate 90 |
| July 2020 | Hail | Garryowen | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Garryowen | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Garryowen | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Garryowen | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Garryowen | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garryowen | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Garryowen | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benteen | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Crow Agency | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Dunmore | 11.4 miles | 12 | |
| Lodge Grass | 14.9 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Xavier | 16.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hardin | 17.5 miles | 12 | |
| Forty Mile Colony | 18.1 miles | 13 | |
| Spear | 22.7 miles | 12 |
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 Garryowen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q965380 | 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 771723. 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.




