Kirby, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Decker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59016. It stands on Cache Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kirby quadrangle.
On record in Kirby
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Rosebud Battlefield-Where the Girl Saved Her BrotherNational Historic Landmark · listed 1972
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Kirby quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Birney quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Kirby between 1992 and 2020, burning about 906 acres in total. 47 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Northern Cheyenne Agency | NCHEYENNE |
| 2 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Crow Agency | XPRESS |
| 13 September 1997 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Crow Agency | SPEAR O |
| 12 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Northern Cheyenne Agency | DRY CREEK |
| 10 September 2010 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Northern Cheyenne Agency | WET SKUNK |
| 1 September 2009 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Northern Cheyenne Agency | DRY CREEK |
| 9 August 1994 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Crow Agency | not named |
| 9 August 1994 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Northern Cheyenne Agency | TAYLOR |
Storms near this place
38 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kirby in 38 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 24 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Hail | Kirby | - | One and a half inch hail reported. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Kirby | - | Hail report. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirby | - | Several tree limbs were downed. |
| June 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Kirby | - | The tornado damaged a 20 foot diameter grain bin and tossed it 250 yards. A trailer was also damaged and blown across a driveway. There was also minor damage to a house as the gutters were ripped off and some of the metal roofing torn off. In addition, numerous large trees were uprooted or snapped in half. |
| May 2013 | Flood | Kirby | - | Lodge Grass and Pass Creeks were out of their banks and caused minor flooding. In addition, other small streams and creeks were flooded in and around the town of Wyola. |
| June 2013 | Flood | Kirby | - | Lodge Grass and Pass Creeks were out of their banks and caused minor flooding. In addition, other small streams and creeks were flooded in and around the town of Wyola. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirby | - | An estimated wind gust of 60 mph was reported in Busby. |
| June 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Kirby | - | Two funnel clouds were observed by several campers at the Tongue River Reservoir State Park. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Kirby | - | Pea to penny size hail was reported in Busby. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Kirby | - | Storm reports consisted of damage to outbuildings, crops wiped out and horses having welts. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Kirby | - | Roof and crop damage was reported. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Kirby | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Kirby | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Busby | 14.2 miles | 8 | |
| Forty Mile Colony | 20.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lodge Grass | 20.3 miles | 13 | |
| Spear | 23.0 miles | 12 | |
| Decker | 23.0 miles | 7 | |
| Muddy | 23.2 miles | 7 | |
| Benteen | 23.6 miles | 13 | |
| Wyola | 25.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 773081. 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.




