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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.

Kinsey within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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 1995

Regional 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/undetermined2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 August 1995Natural15 acresMiles City Field OfficeCOTTONWOOD
20 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresCuster CountyDIXON - CUSTER
13 August 2008Natural2.0 acresMiles City Field OfficeMAY
31 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined213 acresMiles City Field OfficeVALLEY DRIVE
9 May 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresEastern Land OfficeSHIRLEY
7 May 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresEastern Land OfficeNOBLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Storms near this place

21 since 2000

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2016Thunderstorm WindKinsey1 killed, 1 hurtA semi truck was blown off Interstate 94 at Mile Marker 156. The driver of the semi was injured.
May 2010FloodKinsey$130,000Heavy 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 2025Thunderstorm WindKinsey-Estimated 3 to 4 inch diameter tree limbs broken.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindKinsey-Tree branches 4 and 6 inches in diameter were broken at mile markers 13 and 14 on Kinsey Road.
May 2020HailKinsey-This storm produced a wall cloud. A storm chaser vehicle was destroyed on I-94.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindKinsey-A semi tipped over on I-94. In addition, 1 foot diameter trees were downed.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindKinsey-Large tree branches fell on I-94 between mile markers 144 and 145.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindKinsey-The winds created a severe dust storm.
May 2013FloodKinsey-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 2011HailKinsey-Hail on the highway caused locally dense fog.
July 2011HailKinsey-Hail covered I-94 and produced dense fog.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindKinsey-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 2020HailKinsey-no account filed
May 2020HailKinsey-no account filed
June 2018HailKinsey-no account filed
September 2009HailKinsey-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindKinsey-no account filed
June 2006HailKinsey-no account filed
July 2004HailKinsey-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindKinsey-no account filed
July 2000HailKinsey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Custer 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
Shirley4.3 miles8
Bonfield6.2 miles8
Tusler7.8 miles9
Westwood Estates14.5 miles9
Miles City14.8 miles9
Hilcrest (historical)17.6 miles8
Ulmer20.8 miles9
Cutler (historical)23.2 miles8

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 KinseyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18154084The 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.