BlockHodges, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Glendive census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59353. The Survey maps it on the Hodges quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Wibaux quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Hodges quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Hodges between 2017 and 2020, burning about 241 acres in total. 2 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 | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Wibaux County | HODGES - WIBAUX |
| 13 August 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | HODGES |
| 1 August 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 19 acres | Eastern Land Office | LUNDY |
| 4 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Dawson County | KRUG CREEK - DAWSON |
| 30 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | I-94 |
| 17 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.4 acres | Eastern Land Office | KARTEVOLD |
| 17 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.2 acres | Eastern Land Office | 230 EAST |
| 17 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.5 acres | Eastern Land Office | 230 WEST |
Storms near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hodges in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2001: 2 hail, 1 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allard | 10.2 miles | 7 | |
| Curry | 14.7 miles | 8 | |
| Glendive | 19.1 miles | 8 | |
| Colgate | 19.6 miles | 7 | |
| Lufboro (historical) | 21.0 miles | 7 | |
| West Glendive | 21.1 miles | 8 | |
| Forest Park | 21.3 miles | 7 | |
| Stipek | 21.6 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 772439. 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.