BlockMoccasin, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Hobson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59462. The Survey maps it on the Moccasin quadrangle. 23 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,183 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1970 USGS Moccasin quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Moccasin between 2019 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. 1 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 | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Judith Basin County | FDH-MTLG36-328 |
| 26 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Judith Basin County | NOEL RANCH M.A. |
| 3 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Judith Basin County | MOCCASIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moccasin in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2025 | Hail | Moccasin | - | Report from social media showed golf ball sized hail as well as significant damage to outdoor play equipment and shattered skylights and windows. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moccasin | - | Mesonet station MTM09 2.1 W Moccasin measured a 60 mph wind gust. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Moccasin | - | Quarter-sized hail fell for approximately 20 minutes. Damage to crops observed. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Moccasin | - | Pictures submitted via social media of golf ball to egg size hail near Moccasin. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Moccasin | - | Public reports 1.25 inch diameter hail. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moccasin | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Moccasin 5NNE. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moccasin | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a 70 mph wind gust at Moccasin 17NE. A few shingles were blown off a roof. |
| June 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Moccasin | - | Reported by spotter in Moccasin. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moccasin | - | 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.
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 Moccasin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6887492 | 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 774310. 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.