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Lloyd, Montana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Chinook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59535. It stands on Lloyd Butte. The Survey maps it on the Lloyd quadrangle. It stands 3,881 feet above sea level.

Lloyd within Blaine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

3 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Lloyd between 2003 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. 3 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
Natural3

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
12 August 2020Naturalunder an acreHill CountyFDH-MTLG24-234
2 July 2003Natural12 acresNortheastern Land Officenot named
26 May 2018Natural5.0 acresNortheastern Land Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blaine County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lloyd: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Silver. 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
Bear's Paw MineLead, Gold, SilverProspect
Linda MineSilver, LeadPast Producer
Linda, Etal, O'Hanlon MineLead, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena

Every working recorded in Blaine County

Storms near this place

8 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lloyd in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 1 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
April 2023FloodLloyd-Significant snowmelt resulted in flooding along Clear Creek. The creek rose approximately four feet over a 24 hour period from April 8th to April 9th, before dramatically subsiding. A nearby reservoir about 3 acres in size filled and flooded within five hours. The river gauge for Clear Creek near Chinook crested at 8.12 feet, with 8.00 feet being the designated beginning of Major Flood Stage. Multiple nearby roads were flooded as a result.
June 2016HailLloyd-A thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Lloyd 15ESE. Many windows and window screens were reported broken.
July 2009Funnel CloudLloyd-A funnel cloud was reported at Lloyd 10S.
July 2009Funnel CloudLloyd-A large funnel cloud was reported near Lloyd 8S.
June 2007HailLloyd-A severe thunderstorm dropped .88 inch diameter hail at Lloyd.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindLloyd-Actual spotter location Lloyd 10 SW.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindLloyd-7/8 inch hail and wind gust to 57kt.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindLloyd-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Blaine 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
Hungry Hollow (historical)7.3 miles8
Bearpaw (historical)9.6 miles10
Maddux10.7 miles8
Cleveland11.2 miles10
Ramburg (historical)16.7 miles10
Sour Dough Flat (historical)20.1 miles7
Lohman20.8 miles10
Riedel (historical)21.2 miles7

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 LloydAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14704710The 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 773516. 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.