Intake, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Richey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59330. It stands on Linden Creek. The Survey maps it on the Intake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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.
- 1909 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Intake quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Intake between 2016 and 2020, burning about 112 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 107 acres | Eastern Land Office | SIXTEEN |
| 26 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.3 acres | Dawson County | DANCE - DAWSON |
| 26 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Dawson County | WAR - DAWSON |
| 19 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Dawson County | DIVERSION - DAWSON |
| 11 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | NAGEL - MCCONE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Intake in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Intake | $12,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Intake | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Intake | $1,000 | Large tree branches were snapped and blown across the yard. Lawn furniture was blown 30 feet. |
| July 2025 | Flood | Intake | - | Dawson County Emergency Manager reported water flowing over Highway 16 due to heavy rain from thunderstorms. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Intake | - | Public measured ping pong ball size hail and reported via Facebook. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Intake | - | Public reported many shingles torn off a roof and debris flying around. Wind speed is estimated. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Intake | - | Public estimated 60 mph wind gusts with multiple tree limbs blown down. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Intake | - | Public 4 NE Intake estimated 60 mph wind gusts. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Intake | - | Public estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph and pea size hail. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Intake | - | Spotter reported mainly pea-sized hail stones with a few quarter-sized stones. Heavy rain also reported. |
| June 2009 | Heavy Rain | Intake | - | Spotter reported two inches of rainfall. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Intake | - | Wind gusts to 30 to 40 mph occurred in addition to the hail. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Intake | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Intake | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Intake | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Intake | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lufboro (historical) | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| Stipek | 9.4 miles | 7 | |
| Curry | 15.1 miles | 8 | |
| Glendive | 16.5 miles | 8 | |
| Red Top | 17.4 miles | 7 | |
| West Glendive | 17.5 miles | 8 | |
| Allard | 17.8 miles | 7 | |
| Forest Park | 18.1 miles | 7 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122589358 | 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 772708. 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.





