BlockMadoc, Montana
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Scobey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59222. The Survey maps it on the Madoc quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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.
- 1954 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Madoc quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Scobey quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Madoc between 1994 and 2018, burning about 902 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 900 acres | Northeastern Land Office | TOWER HILL |
| 10 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 15 April 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Madoc in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 1999: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1999 | Hail | Madoc | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madoc | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flaxville | 6.0 miles | 5 | |
| Scobey | 7.3 miles | 5 | |
| Whitetail | 8.7 miles | 5 | |
| Julian (historical) | 9.9 miles | 5 | |
| Navajo | 12.0 miles | 5 | |
| Four Buttes | 17.0 miles | 5 | |
| Pleasant Prairie | 18.5 miles | 5 | |
| Kahle (historical) | 18.7 miles | 5 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 773800. 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.