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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.

Kirby within Big Horn County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

59 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural47
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
3 September 1994Natural1.5 acresNorthern Cheyenne AgencyNCHEYENNE
2 September 2009Naturalunder an acreCrow AgencyXPRESS
13 September 1997Natural2.5 acresCrow AgencySPEAR O
12 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresNorthern Cheyenne AgencyDRY CREEK
10 September 2010Natural1.0 acresNorthern Cheyenne AgencyWET SKUNK
1 September 2009Natural2.0 acresNorthern Cheyenne AgencyDRY CREEK
9 August 1994Natural6.0 acresCrow Agencynot named
9 August 1994Natural2.0 acresNorthern Cheyenne AgencyTAYLOR

Every fire recorded in Big Horn County

Storms near this place

38 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025HailKirby-One and a half inch hail reported.
June 2025HailKirby-Hail report.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindKirby-Several tree limbs were downed.
June 2018Tornado (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 2013FloodKirby-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 2013FloodKirby-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 2011Thunderstorm WindKirby-An estimated wind gust of 60 mph was reported in Busby.
June 2010Funnel CloudKirby-Two funnel clouds were observed by several campers at the Tongue River Reservoir State Park.
May 2009HailKirby-Pea to penny size hail was reported in Busby.
June 2008HailKirby-Storm reports consisted of damage to outbuildings, crops wiped out and horses having welts.
June 2008HailKirby-Roof and crop damage was reported.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindKirby-no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindKirby-no account filed
June 2022HailKirby-no account filed
July 2021HailKirby-no account filed
July 2020HailKirby-no account filed
July 2019HailKirby-no account filed
July 2019HailKirby-no account filed
June 2019HailKirby-no account filed
June 2019HailKirby-no account filed
August 2019HailKirby-no account filed
July 2018HailKirby-no account filed
May 2018HailKirby-no account filed
June 2018HailKirby-no account filed
June 2015HailKirby-no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindKirby-no account filed
June 2015HailKirby-no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindKirby-no account filed
July 2015HailKirby-no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindKirby-no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindKirby-no account filed
September 2015HailKirby-no account filed
June 2013Thunderstorm WindKirby-no account filed
July 2011HailKirby-no account filed
August 2009HailKirby-no account filed
July 2001HailKirby-no account filed
June 1997HailKirby-no account filed
May 1996Tornado (F0)Kirby-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Big Horn 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
Busby14.2 miles8
Forty Mile Colony20.0 miles13
Lodge Grass20.3 miles13
Spear23.0 miles12
Decker23.0 miles7
Muddy23.2 miles7
Benteen23.6 miles13
Wyola25.9 miles12

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.