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Molt, Montana

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the North Stillwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59057. The Survey maps it on the Molt quadrangle. It stands 3,966 feet above sea level.

Molt within Stillwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

7 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Molt between 2017 and 2019, burning about 2,779 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
28 August 2019Natural2,775 acresBillings Field OfficeMOUNTAINVIEW FIRE
25 August 2019Natural2.0 acresStillwater CountyDEEP DRAW
1 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeHWY 3 BUFFALO SPRINGS RD
8 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeBUFFALO TRAIL
2 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouthern Land OfficeCOLES RD
10 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeMOLT RD
8 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeEASTLICK RD

Every fire recorded in Stillwater County

Storms near this place

19 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Molt in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 12 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2025HailMolt-Large hail lasted 10 minutes.
July 2018HailMolt-Large hail combined with strong winds resulted in significant crop damage.
June 2003HailMolt-.75 inch hail covering ground
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMolt-60-70 mph thunderstorm wind gust blew over 4 large trees
August 1999HailMolt-Spotter report of quarter size hail.
August 2019HailMolt-no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindMolt-no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMolt-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMolt-no account filed
July 2011HailMolt-no account filed
June 2011Funnel CloudMolt-no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMolt-no account filed
June 2008HailMolt-no account filed
August 2005HailMolt-no account filed
August 2005Tornado (F0)Molt-no account filed
June 2003HailMolt-no account filed
July 2000HailMolt-no account filed
July 1997HailMolt-no account filed
June 1996HailMolt-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stillwater 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
Park City15.8 miles10
Shorey (historical)17.7 miles11
Rapelje18.9 miles14
Busteed23.0 miles14
Columbus23.1 miles14
Craver26.6 miles14
Springtime26.8 miles14
Reed Point34.2 miles15

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 MoltAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6896849The 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 774330. 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.