BlockMizpah, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the South Custer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59301. It stands on Hay Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mizpah quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Miles City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Mizpah quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Mizpah between 1995 and 2020, burning about 774 acres in total. 2 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 use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | TOTALITY |
| 5 July 2016 | Fireworks | under an acre | Eastern Land Office | HWY10 - ROSEBUD |
| 30 July 1995 | Natural | 185 acres | Eastern Land Office | BALSAM |
| 10 July 2020 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Custer County | SHEEP CREEK - CUSTER |
| 25 March 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 583 acres | Miles City Field Office | MIZPAH |
Storms near this place
39 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mizpah in 39 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 24 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 death. 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 | Lightning | Mizpah | 1 killed | A 14 year-old boy was struck and killed by lightning while standing on a front tire of a tractor in a field. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mizpah | $1,000 | A spotter reported winds gusts to 60 mph which blew branches off trees and shingles off of a roof. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mizpah | $1,000 | A spotter reported winds gusts to 60 mph which blew branches off trees and shingles off of a roof. This storm also produced 1.57 inches of rainfall in 30 minutes. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mizpah | - | Quarter size hail was also reported. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Mizpah | - | A wind gust of 60 mph was also reported. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Mizpah | - | Wind and hail damage to a home and ranch were reported. A large shop roof caved in, and 9 of 10 grain bins were damaged, with one completely destroyed by the wind. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mizpah | - | Wind and hail damage to a home and ranch were reported. A large shop roof caved in, and 9 of 10 grain bins were damaged, with one completely destroyed by the wind. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Mizpah | - | Widespread flooding resulted in road closures occurring across Custer County with numerous roads reported as washed out. Significant flooding was reported along the Powder River as well as its tributaries. Dry, Spring, Strevel and Mizpah Creeks all reported flooding. Major flooding occurred from north of Powderville to Mizpah. Water overtopped Pumpkin Bridge on Pumpkin Creek. A storm spotter 16 miles south of Miles City on Highway 59 indicated this was the worst flooding that they had seen in that area in 25 years. There was significant lowland flooding in the Yellowstone Valley area of Northeast Miles City where Emergency Travel Only was declared for a time. A water rescue was required when a paper carrier in the valley washed off the road. ||Tongue River flooding on May 10-11th resulted in Custer County declaring a flood disaster and a water rescue due to Graveyard Creek washing out Kinsey Road. A levee system was damaged in Miles City. In addition, Custer County ran out of road closed signs due to extent of washed out roads. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mizpah | - | An estimated wind gust of 60 mph was reported 17 miles southwest of Mizpah. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mizpah | - | 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust estimated by spotter. |
| August 1999 | Hail | Mizpah | - | Custer County Sheriff reported quarter size hail. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Mizpah | - | Spotter report of dime size hail. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Mizpah | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Mizpah | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oneill (historical) | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Knowlton | 11.7 miles | 8 | |
| Kimball (historical) | 13.9 miles | 8 | |
| Foundation (historical) | 16.3 miles | 8 | |
| Beebe | 20.7 miles | 8 | |
| Cutler (historical) | 25.5 miles | 8 | |
| Etna (historical) | 27.5 miles | 8 | |
| Shirley | 29.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 774307. 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.