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Moiese, Montana

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Flathead Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59824. It stands on Mission Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dixon quadrangle.

Moiese within Lake County

On record in Moiese

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Moiese between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,597 acres in total. 18 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
Recreation and ceremony27
Natural18
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
5 September 2016Naturalunder an acreNational Bison RangeBITTERROOT TRAIL
3 September 2017Fireworksunder an acreFlathead AgencyMOIESE
28 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlathead AgencyDUNES#1
22 September 2019Arson/incendiarism478 acresFlathead AgencyD HILL
18 September 2001Power generation/transmission/distribution8.0 acresFlathead AgencyDUBLIN
16 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlathead AgencyFOUST
9 August 2008Naturalunder an acreFlathead AgencyMOSS RANCH
6 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNational Bison RangeTOWER 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake 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 Moiese: 5 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Lake County

Storms near this place

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moiese in 5 storm reports between 2006 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 2022Thunderstorm WindMoiese$50,000Multiple large, mature Colorado spruce and ponderosa pine trees were blown down along with smaller deciduous trees across the Mission Valley. Shingle damage also occurred on several homes with power outages in Pablo.
August 2022HailMoiese$5,000Ping pong size hail, very heavy rain, and gusty winds were reported at the National Bison Range. A hay crop was destroyed near St. Ignatius. Hail damaged an RV roof.
August 2024HailMoiese-The public reported two rounds of hail in and around the Bison Range. They reported wind gusts to 53 mph with the first round of hail.
July 2013HailMoiese-A thunderstorm outflow boundary triggered another cell that grew in strength over higher terrain west of Moiese. This thunderstorm produced hail one inch in diameter, as reported by personnel at the National Bison Range.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindMoiese-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lake 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
Charlo6.8 miles6
Ravalli7.9 miles6
Post Creek9.2 miles6
Saint Ignatius9.8 miles7
Allentown10.2 miles6
Round Butte11.0 miles8
Kicking Horse11.9 miles6
Ronan14.0 miles8

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.

Wikidata item Q122567524The 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 774316. 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.