Hathaway, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Rosebud census division. It stands on Graveyard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hathaway quadrangle. It stands 2,441 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Forsyth quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Hathaway quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Hathaway between 1998 and 2020, burning about 225 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 1998 | Natural | 100 acres | Miles City Field Office | MOON CREEK |
| 16 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Eastern Land Office | GRAVEYARD |
| 13 August 2020 | Natural | 3.2 acres | Custer County | THEADE |
| 4 July 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Eastern Land Office | HATHWAY |
| 30 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | HATHAWAY |
| 12 July 2006 | Natural | 120 acres | Miles City Field Office | IRON JAW |
| 7 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Rosebud County | I94MM113 - ROSEBUD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
20 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hathaway in 20 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Hathaway | $130,000 | Thunderstorms producing heavy rains (on what was already saturated ground from thunderstorms the previous day) produced flash flooding over portions of Southwestern Custer County and Northwestern Powder river County. Smaller creeks flooded and Highway 566 was closed from Birney to Ashland due to water and debris running over the road. Road damage was reported throughout Custer County. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hathaway | - | From montana dot weather station. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hathaway | - | Mesonet station mtswc at 5.2 W Hathaway. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Hathaway | - | The hail caused damage to multiple vehicles and buildings on the property. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hathaway | - | Mile marker signs and satellite dish blown over |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Hathaway | - | Excessive rain with water running over some roads and creeks running bankfull. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Hathaway | - | Baseball size hail with 70 to 80 mph winds resulting in broken windows |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hathaway | - | 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust resulting in a brief power outage |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hathaway | - | Spotter estimated 60 mph wind gust. |
| June 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Hathaway | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Hathaway | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hathaway | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hathaway | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hathaway | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hathaway | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Hathaway | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Hathaway | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Hathaway | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Hathaway | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Hail | Hathaway | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurlow | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Rosebud | 13.1 miles | 8 | |
| Cartersville | 14.4 miles | 8 | |
| Albright (historical) | 15.5 miles | 8 | |
| Crain Place | 17.1 miles | 8 | |
| Sabra (historical) | 17.9 miles | 8 | |
| Flynn | 18.3 miles | 9 | |
| Orinoco | 21.0 miles | 9 |
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 Hathaway | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18152791 | 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 772196. 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.





