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Koyl, Montana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Choteau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59422. The Survey maps it on the Bynum quadrangle.

Koyl within Teton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 11 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

8 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Koyl between 2017 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. None 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/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1

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
1 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeCHOTEAU
5 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTeton CountyKESLER ASSIST
31 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeCHOTEAU
2 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTeton Countynot named
28 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCentral Land OfficeCHOTEAU
28 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresCentral Land OfficePENDROY
24 October 2017Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresCentral Land OfficeCHOTEAU
24 October 2017Other causes1.0 acresCentral Land OfficeCHOTEAU

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Teton County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Koyl: 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Iron, Zinc, Iron, REE, Titanium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Choteau Iron DepositTitanium, Iron, ZincProspect
Titanium OccurrenceIron, REE, TitaniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Teton County

Storms near this place

6 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Koyl in 6 storm reports between 2022 and 2025: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2025Thunderstorm WindKoyl-Estimated wind gusts near 60 mph with a thunderstorm on Wednesday evening. Time of event is estimated.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindKoyl-Peak gust measured by COOP observer.
July 2022HailKoyl-Report from MPING of ping pong ball sized hail (1.5 inch).
July 2022HailKoyl-Report from MPING of golf ball sized hail (1.75 inch).
July 2022HailKoyl-Public report of 1 inch half. Time and location estimated.
July 2022HailKoyl-Trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail increasing to baseball sized hail.

Every storm recorded in Teton 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
Miller Colony2.3 miles11
Farmington5.1 miles11
Truchot Hill5.8 miles11
Malone5.8 miles11
Bynum6.0 miles11
Choteau7.4 miles11
Choteau Junction8.0 miles11
Burton (historical)8.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 773129. 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.