Kiowa, Montana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1968. It stands in the Blackfeet Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59417. It lies near Two Medicine Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Kiowa quadrangle. It stands 5,076 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1901 USGS Browning quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Browning quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Kiowa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
82 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Kiowa between 1992 and 2019, burning about 80 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | ANN FIRE |
| 8 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | NEW ROBE |
| 5 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | RED BLANKET FIRE |
| 5 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | STUMP FIRE |
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | SWEETPINE |
| 25 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Blackfeet Agency | CONNELLY |
| 14 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | SWTPINELTG |
| 7 August 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | GROOM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Kiowa: 7 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| East Kiowa No. 2 Extension | Iron, Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Kiowa Junction Deposit | Iron, Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Lower Kiowa Deposits | Titanium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| South Fork | Iron, Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Two Medicine Ridge | Iron, Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Cutbank Ridge | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| High Knob Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kiowa in 3 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 debris flow. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Debris Flow | Kiowa | $50,000 | Glacier National Park reported that portions of Montana Highway 49 and the Looking Glass Highway were closed due to debris flows from heavy rain. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Kiowa | - | Two Medicine River and Badger Creek near Browning rose one to one and a half feet above flood stage. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Kiowa | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| East Glacier Park Village | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Starr School | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| East Glacier Park | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| Durham | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bison | 11.1 miles | 12 | |
| False Summit | 12.1 miles | 11 | |
| South Browning | 13.6 miles | 9 |
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 Kiowa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q124220117 | 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 773074. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.





