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Hogeland, Montana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Harlem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59529. The Survey maps it on the Hogeland quadrangle. 14 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,140 feet above sea level.

Hogeland within Blaine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

2 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Hogeland between 1994 and 2020, burning about 625 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning1
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
26 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreFort Belknap AgencyHAYS DUMP
2 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution625 acresBlaine CountyFDH-MTLG24-324

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blaine County

Storms near this place

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hogeland in 13 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 heavy rain. 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
August 1993HailHogeland$50,000One to nearly three inches of rain fell causing crop damage.
August 1993HailHogeland$50,000One to nearly three inches of rain fell causing crop damage.
June 2022Heavy RainHogeland-Twenty-four hour report from cocorahs.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHogeland-Trained spotter reported downed 15 to 20 foot crab apple tree and flag pole due to thunderstorm wind gusts. Nearly an inch of rain fell.
August 2014HailHogeland-Hail, measuring 0.75 inches (penny sized), was reported along with 0.60 inches of rain.
May 2014HailHogeland-Hail 1.00 inches (quarter sized) reported about 4 mi SSE of Hogeland, MT.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindHogeland-High wind gusts, measuring 52KT (60MPH), were reported about 4 mi SSE of Hogeland, MT.
July 2009Funnel CloudHogeland-Several funnel clouds were reported by U.S. Border Patrol agents between Hogeland and Turner.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindHogeland-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 70 mph at Hogeland 7W. A 75 year-old tree was reported downed by the winds.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHogeland-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindHogeland-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindHogeland-no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindHogeland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Blaine 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
Silver Bow (historical)3.5 miles9
Wing (historical)5.8 miles9
Turner13.4 miles7
Turner Colony13.5 miles7
Cherry Ridge Ranch18.5 miles9
Cherry Ridge (historical)18.9 miles8
North Harlem Colony19.1 miles11
Harlem23.0 miles11

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 HogelandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14704558The 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 772456. 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.