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Holt, Montana

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Creston-Bigfork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59911. The Survey maps it on the Bigfork quadrangle.

Holt within Flathead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

117 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Holt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 142 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 were 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/undetermined64
Debris and open burning23
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
3 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeEAST ECHO LAKE
24 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeMILE MRK 29 HWY 35
2 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorthwestern Land Officenot named
2 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeREMAX
18 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeROATH
15 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeWAYFAYERS PARK
13 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresNorthwestern Land Officenot named
10 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeRIVER ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Flathead County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holt in 1 storm report in 2024: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHolt$100,000Flathead Electric reported about 15,000 without power due to downed power lines and downed trees. There was a social media post reporting a 64 mph gust near Badrock.

Every storm recorded in Flathead 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
Bigfork2.4 miles12
Swan River4.4 miles12
Swan River (historical)4.4 miles12
Negro Prairie (historical)5.6 miles12
Somers5.9 miles11
Mud Lake (historical)6.4 miles12
Bear Creek Village7.0 miles12
Lakeside7.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802120. 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.