BlockLoring, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Whitewater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59537. The Survey maps it on the Loring quadrangle. It stands 2,707 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1920 USGS Cowan quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Loring quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
19 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loring in 19 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 12 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loring | - | Occurred at the Loring SW Hydromet site. |
| August 2025 | Heavy Rain | Loring | - | The HydroMet station Loring SW (LORM8) from the Montana Climate office measured 1.85 inches of rain, mainly during a few hours in the afternoon. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Loring | - | Trained spotter at the Port of Morgan Border Patrol station reported a few quarter sized hailstones among many other dime and nickel sized hail stones. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Loring | - | Public reported golf ball sized hail. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Loring | - | Public reported golf ball-sized hail mixed with heavy rain. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Loring | - | Public reported nickel-sized hail. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loring | - | Public reported wind gusts of 60 mph. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Loring | - | Trained spotter reported half dollar sized hail. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Loring | - | Public reported penny-sized hail and measured 1.5 inches of rain. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Loring | - | A trained spotter reported mostly pea sized hail but quite a few nickel sized at the Port of Morgan border site in Phillips County. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Loring | - | Quarter sized hail in addition to nearly 400 acres of crop damage was reported by the public 12 miles west-northwest of Loring in Phillips County. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Loring | - | A farmer reported the hail occurred early in the morning and the times are based on radar data over the area. There was extensive crop damage to his wheat field, up to 80% of crops lost in some fields. Over 10,000 acres of crop were impacted. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Loring | - | Six to seven inches of water was over a roadway in Whitewater. Water was receding at 630 pm MDT. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loring | - | Port of Morgan. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Loring | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loring | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loring | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Loring | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Loring | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loring Colony | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Lowrane (historical) | 10.3 miles | 7 | |
| Ynot (historical) | 10.3 miles | 7 | |
| Whitewater | 12.6 miles | 7 | |
| Sumner | 12.9 miles | 7 | |
| Morgan | 14.0 miles | 7 | |
| Chapman | 15.3 miles | 7 | |
| Tattnall | 20.4 miles | 7 |
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 Loring | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6681241 | 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 773676. 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.
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.