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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.

Hardy within Cascade County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

47 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined20
Natural17
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral Land OfficeTOWER ROCK
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeDEARBORN
5 September 2017Other causes16 acresCentral Land OfficeBIG PINE LANE
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral Land OfficeDEARBORN
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeDEARBORN
16 September 2013Natural9.8 acresCentral Land OfficeSUGARLOAF MTN
16 September 2013Natural1.5 acresCentral Land OfficeANDY CR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cascade County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cascade QuarryStoneProducer
Titanium OccurrenceIron, REE, TitaniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Cascade County

Storms near this place

3 since 2007

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2018Thunderstorm WindHardy-Good-sized tree branches down 6-miles WSW of Cascade. Winds blew door off its hinges.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHardy-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 58 mph at Hardy 9SW (the Gary Cooper Bridge DOT site).
May 2007HailHardy-Ground white with hail.

Every storm recorded in Cascade County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Mid Canon5.7 miles12
Cascade8.1 miles15
Saint Clair (historical)9.3 miles15
Saint Peter10.0 miles13
Adel14.6 miles12
Riverdale15.8 miles15
Cascade Colony17.5 miles13
Fair Haven Colony17.7 miles16

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.