BlockHoosac, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Denton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59430. It lies near Pacer Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Hoosac quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Hoosac quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Hoosac in 2017, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 5 July 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hoosac in 6 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 6 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoosac | - | Montana DOT sensor East of Denton (MTDEN) gusted to 58 mph. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoosac | - | Mesonet station MTDEN Denton measured a 58 mph wind gust. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoosac | - | MDT sensor MTDEN East of Denton measured a severe gust. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoosac | - | MT DOT sensor MTDEN East of Denton measured a sever caliber gust. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoosac | - | Mesonet station MTDEN (Denton) measured 60 mph wind gust. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoosac | - | Wind gust of 50 kts/58mph measured and reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samples Crossing | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Denton | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Danvers | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Deerfield Colony | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| Ware | 11.1 miles | 8 | |
| Coffee Creek | 13.7 miles | 13 | |
| Spring Creek Colony | 14.3 miles | 8 | |
| Amherst | 14.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 772517. 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.