Mill Iron, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Ekalaka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59324. It lies near Coal Creek Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mill Iron quadrangle. It stands 3,110 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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 Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Mill Iron quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Mill Iron quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Mill Iron between 1996 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | SNOW |
| 30 July 2020 | Natural | 14 acres | Miles City Field Office | WOOD |
| 15 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Carter County | MILL - CARTER |
| 8 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | ROCK |
| 21 June 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | WOOD |
Storms near this place
23 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mill Iron in 23 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 14 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mill Iron | $3,000 | Tree damage with 60-70 mph winds |
| July 2025 | Hail | Mill Iron | - | Most pea size, but with the occasional golf ball size hail. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mill Iron | - | A spotter reported 60 mph winds and downed tree limbs. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mill Iron | - | A steel wheelbarrow was flipped over and some tree branches 3-4 inches in diameter were broken. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Mill Iron | - | Tennis ball size hail took out all north-facing windows of a home and caused significant roof and siding damage. The hail also destroyed car windows. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Mill Iron | - | The ground was almost white from quarter size hail. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Mill Iron | - | Windows broken, cars damaged |
| November 2000 | Heavy Rain | Mill Iron | - | 2 inches of rain since 6pm the previous night |
| July 2022 | Hail | Mill Iron | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mill Iron | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mill Iron | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mill Iron | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mill Iron | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mill Iron | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Mill Iron | - | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Hail | Mill Iron | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Mill Iron | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Mill Iron | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Mill Iron | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Mill Iron | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Mill Iron | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Mill Iron | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Mill Iron | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elgin (historical) | 12.9 miles | 10 | |
| Midland (historical) | 14.9 miles | 11 | |
| Belltower | 17.0 miles | 8 | |
| Ekalaka | 17.8 miles | 9 | |
| Prairie Dale (historical) | 18.5 miles | 8 | |
| Pershing (historical) | 18.7 miles | 8 | |
| Beaver Flats (historical) | 25.6 miles | 9 | |
| Ridgeway | 29.8 miles | 8 |
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 Mill Iron | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18344994 | 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 774229. 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.






