Kinsey, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the North Custer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59338. It stands on Muster Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kinsey quadrangle. It stands 2,313 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Kinsey quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Terry quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Kinsey between 1995 and 2019, burning about 234 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 August 1995 | Natural | 15 acres | Miles City Field Office | COTTONWOOD |
| 20 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Custer County | DIXON - CUSTER |
| 13 August 2008 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | MAY |
| 31 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 213 acres | Miles City Field Office | VALLEY DRIVE |
| 9 May 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | SHIRLEY |
| 7 May 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | NOBLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
21 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kinsey in 21 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 10 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsey | 1 killed, 1 hurt | A semi truck was blown off Interstate 94 at Mile Marker 156. The driver of the semi was injured. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Kinsey | $130,000 | Heavy rains on the 24th and 25th caused widespread low land flooding across rural Custer County, mainly south of Miles City. Heavy rainfall also caused numerous roads and culverts to wash out in Custer County. A five day total of 4.08 inches at Volborg was reported on the 25th . On the morning of May 25th, a cooperative observer reported that Pumpkin Creek was out of its banks 5 miles north of Volborg with low land flooding. In addition, runoff from recent heavy rains also caused water levels to rise on the Tongue River below the Twelve Mile Dam. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsey | - | Estimated 3 to 4 inch diameter tree limbs broken. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsey | - | Tree branches 4 and 6 inches in diameter were broken at mile markers 13 and 14 on Kinsey Road. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Kinsey | - | This storm produced a wall cloud. A storm chaser vehicle was destroyed on I-94. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsey | - | A semi tipped over on I-94. In addition, 1 foot diameter trees were downed. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsey | - | Large tree branches fell on I-94 between mile markers 144 and 145. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsey | - | The winds created a severe dust storm. |
| May 2013 | Flood | Kinsey | - | Montana Department of Transportation reported flooding on Sand Creek which impacted Highway 489 around mile marker 13.5. Water was over the road at this location with up to 3 feet of water across the west bound lane. Minor flooding along area roads with a few culverts being washed out resulted in poor travel conditions across the area. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Kinsey | - | Hail on the highway caused locally dense fog. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Kinsey | - | Hail covered I-94 and produced dense fog. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsey | - | An estimated wind gust of 90 mph was reported in Kinsey. The storm left trees and power lines down, homes and crops damaged and most residences in Kinsey without power. Stock trailers and single-wide trailers were tipped over and porches ripped off some homes. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Kinsey | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Kinsey | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Kinsey | - | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Hail | Kinsey | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsey | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Kinsey | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Kinsey | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsey | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Kinsey | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Bonfield | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Tusler | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Westwood Estates | 14.5 miles | 9 | |
| Miles City | 14.8 miles | 9 | |
| Hilcrest (historical) | 17.6 miles | 8 | |
| Ulmer | 20.8 miles | 9 | |
| Cutler (historical) | 23.2 miles | 8 |
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 Kinsey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18154084 | 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 773063. 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.




