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Lustre, Montana

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Fort Peck Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59225. The Survey maps it on the Lustre quadrangle.

Lustre within Valley County

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

5 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Lustre between 1992 and 2015, burning about 51 acres in total. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1
Natural1

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
19 August 2006Naturalunder an acreFort Peck AgencyWALL STREET
29 July 2015Equipment and vehicle use5.2 acresFort Peck AgencyZERBE
28 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFort Peck AgencyZERBE
18 July 2015Equipment and vehicle use12 acresFort Peck AgencyLUSTRE 803
25 October 1992Debris and open burning30 acresFort Peck AgencyPANKRAT 2

Every fire recorded in Valley 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 Lustre: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Valley County

Storms near this place

60 of 62 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lustre in 62 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 40 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLustre$25,000Roofs were blown off buildings and a hanger collapsed. An airplane that was in the hanger suffered damage. Several wind breaks were also destroyed. A power line was blown down, and pieces of roofing were in the power lines that were still standing.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindLustre$10,000A roof sustained damage due to the severe thunderstorm winds.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindLustre$5,000There was lots of wind damage across Valley County. Several homes and trailers were damaged. A flash flood near Hinsdale washed out Highway 2 and the railroad.
July 2008HailLustre$500Extensive crop damage reported along with a broken car window.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindLustre$500no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLustre-A trained spotter measured a 63 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLustre-A trained spotter estimated a thunderstorm wind gust of 80 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLustre-The public reported some siding had blown off the side of a house. It was also reported that a tree wind break had blown down.
July 2023HailLustre-The public reported, via Facebook, hail up to the size of quarters.
July 2022HailLustre-Public reported, via Facebook, hail up to the size of quarters.
July 2022HailLustre-A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of quarters.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindLustre-A trained spotter estimated a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph.
July 2022HailLustre-Public reported, via Facebook, hail up to the size of half dollars.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindLustre-Public reported, via Facebook, a measured thunderstorm wind gust of 68 mph.
July 2022HailLustre-Public reported hail up to the size of quarters. At one point the hail was covering the entire ground.
July 2022HailLustre-Public reported hail up to the size of quarters.
June 2021HailLustre-Public reported, via Facebook, hail up to the size of quarters. Time estimated from radar.
June 2021Heavy RainLustre-Public reported, via Facebook, four inches of storm total rainfall. Time estimated from rainfall.
June 2021Heavy RainLustre-Public reported more than four inches of rainfall.
July 2019HailLustre-Public reported, via social media, half dollar size hail.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindLustre-Mesonet site Lustre 8SSW measured a 60 mph wind gust.
June 2018HailLustre-Public reported quarter size hail.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindLustre-Public reported a 62 mph wind gust from a downdraft associated with a nearby thunderstorm.
June 2016HailLustre-Trained spotter reported trees shredded from quarter sized hail.
June 2016HailLustre-Trained spotter reported trees shredded from quarter sized hail.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindLustre-Public reported several small tree limbs downed. Two-foot diamter tree, with previous crack, also downed.
June 2012HailLustre-A trained spotter reported quarter and penny hail covering the ground along with heavy rain and 30 MPH wind gusts 8 miles south of Lustre in Valley County.
June 2012HailLustre-A trained spotter reported mainly pea sized hail with some quarter sized hail 7 miles northwest of Lustre in Valley County.
July 2012HailLustre-Spotter measured hail up to and including quarter-sized stones.
July 2012HailLustre-Spotter estimated quarter-sized hail stones and wind gusts up to 50 mph. Some tree branches blown down.
July 2012HailLustre-Skywarn spotter estimated quarter-sized hail stones.
June 2011HailLustre-Nickel-sized hail and heavy rain. Rain accumulation of 0.40 inches in 15 minutes.
June 2011HailLustre-Estimated wind speed around 50 mph after midnight local time. Hail fell for about 3 minutes. A large cottonwood tree was uprooted.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindLustre-Spotter reported 60 mph winds, pea-sized hail, and heavy rain.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindLustre-Spotter measured a 71 mph wind gust.
August 2011HailLustre-Spotter reported penny- to nickel-sized hail stones.
July 2010HailLustre-Trained spotter reported nickel size hail at his neighbors home.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindLustre-Wind gust was estimated.
June 2010HailLustre-Spotters reported quarter size hail from Lustre to 10 miles east of Lustre.
June 2010HailLustre-Spotter reported quarter size hail.
July 2010HailLustre-Mixed with nickel size hail.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindLustre-Moved a trampoline a few feet.
July 2009HailLustre-Hail covered the ground.
May 2007HailLustre-The hail covered the ground.
July 2011HailLustre-no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindLustre-no account filed
July 2009HailLustre-no account filed
June 2008HailLustre-no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindLustre-no account filed
June 2005HailLustre-no account filed
June 2005HailLustre-no account filed
June 2005HailLustre-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindLustre-no account filed
June 2000HailLustre-no account filed
September 2000HailLustre-no account filed
July 1998HailLustre-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindLustre-no account filed
June 1996HailLustre-no account filed
June 1996HailLustre-no account filed
June 1996HailLustre-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Valley 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
Bakers (historical)5.0 miles8
Larslan20.9 miles7
Oswego23.1 miles6
Frazer24.6 miles10
Avondale (historical)24.7 miles7
Kaiver (historical)27.8 miles9
Wiota (historical)28.6 miles11
Wild Rose (historical)30.0 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 LustreAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28153521The 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 767917. 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.