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Judith, Montana

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1959. It stands in the Winifred census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59489. It stands on Judith River. The Survey maps it on the P N Ranch quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Judith within Fergus County

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 8 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

6 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Judith (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 82 acres in total. 6 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
Natural6

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
4 August 2009Natural60 acresNorth Central Montana DistrictPN
29 August 1997Natural1.0 acresNorth Central Montana DistrictFERRY FIRE
22 August 1998Natural15 acresNorth Central Montana DistrictJUDITH RIV
25 July 2007Natural1.0 acresNorth Central Montana DistrictBLACK BUTTE
13 July 2009Natural5.3 acresNorth Central Montana DistrictDOG CREEK
13 June 2020Naturalunder an acreFergus CountyFDH-MTLG08-86

Every fire recorded in Fergus 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
Everson (historical)9.0 miles8
Rumble Creek (historical)13.2 miles7
Winifred18.0 miles7
Salt Creek (historical)20.3 miles8
Cone Butte (historical)22.1 miles8
Suffolk23.1 miles8
Woodhawk (historical)23.4 miles7
Christina28.7 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1722881. 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.