BlockMaddux, Montana
8 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 59523. The Survey maps it on the Maddux quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Havre quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Maddux quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Havre quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Havre quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS Maddux quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Rocky Boy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Maddux between 1998 and 2020, burning about 86 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 1998 | Natural | 60 acres | North Central Montana District | S. FORK |
| 4 August 2020 | Natural | 11 acres | Blaine County | SMALL HOUSE |
| 4 June 2006 | Natural | 15 acres | North Central Montana District | SAWTOOTH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maddux in 1 storm report in 2001: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maddux | - | Actual event location Maddux 4 SW. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungry Hollow (historical) | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Bearpaw (historical) | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Sour Dough Flat (historical) | 10.0 miles | 7 | |
| Lloyd | 10.7 miles | 9 | |
| Riedel (historical) | 11.3 miles | 7 | |
| Cleveland | 16.6 miles | 10 | |
| Leroy | 19.1 miles | 8 | |
| Rattlesnake | 19.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 773795. 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.