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Matthews, Montana

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Bozeman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59718. The Survey maps it on the Bozeman quadrangle.

Matthews within Gallatin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

50 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Matthews between 1994 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined31
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1

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
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePowder River County201057
24 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestROAD CAMPER
23 September 2018Other causesunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
21 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
19 September 2003Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestHOLLY
17 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestHODGEMAN
15 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRavaIIi County201061
14 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallatin County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Matthews: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. 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
Unnamed Pumicite DepositPumiceOccurrence
Bozeman Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
GabrielSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gallatin Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gallatin County

Storms near this place

5 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Matthews in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2024HailMatthews-Mostly dime sized hail was observed, with a few quarter sized hail stones mixed in. Hail was beginning to accumulate at the time of the report.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMatthews-Ambient weather station measured the gust.
August 2020HailMatthews-Hail report from 5 S Bozeman.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMatthews-KBZK reported tree and property damage in the Four Corners area south of Bozeman from thunderstorm wind/outflow. Northwestern Energy reported power outages. The strong winds may have been caused or enhanced by a strong cold pool that developed in the wake of earlier convection. Time estimated.
May 2007HailMatthews-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gallatin 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
Balmont1.1 miles22
Patterson1.7 miles22
West College Park3.2 miles22
King Arthur Park3.4 miles22
Blackwood3.4 miles21
Reasville (historical)3.7 miles22
Lay Settlement (historical)3.8 miles22
Bozeman4.3 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 773932. 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.