Hardy, Montana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Cascade census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59421. It stands on Hardy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hardy quadrangle.
On record in Hardy
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Tower Rocklisted 2002 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1886 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hardy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Great Falls South quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Hardy between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,943 acres in total. 17 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 | 20 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | TOWER ROCK |
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | DEARBORN |
| 5 September 2017 | Other causes | 16 acres | Central Land Office | BIG PINE LANE |
| 4 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | DEARBORN |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | DEARBORN |
| 16 September 2013 | Natural | 9.8 acres | Central Land Office | SUGARLOAF MTN |
| 16 September 2013 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Central Land Office | ANDY CR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hardy: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Iron, REE, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Titanium Occurrence | Iron, REE, Titanium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hardy in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardy | - | Good-sized tree branches down 6-miles WSW of Cascade. Winds blew door off its hinges. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardy | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 58 mph at Hardy 9SW (the Gary Cooper Bridge DOT site). |
| May 2007 | Hail | Hardy | - | Ground white with hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Canon | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Cascade | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Clair (historical) | 9.3 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Peter | 10.0 miles | 13 | |
| Adel | 14.6 miles | 12 | |
| Riverdale | 15.8 miles | 15 | |
| Cascade Colony | 17.5 miles | 13 | |
| Fair Haven Colony | 17.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 772148. 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.




