Montague, Montana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Geraldine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59442. It stands on Telephone Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Montague quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1890 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000
- 1897 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Montague quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Montague between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,384 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Natural | 1,136 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chouteau County | FDH-MTLG19-190 |
| 8 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Northeastern Land Office | LOST LAKE |
| 1 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Chouteau County | FDH-MTLG19-121 |
| 27 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Chouteau County | FDH-MTLG19-186 |
| 2 February 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1,041 acres | Chouteau County | LOST LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Montague: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Potassium, Cobalt, Copper, Manganese, Molybdenum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Lake Deposits | Potassium, Cobalt, Copper, Manganese, Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| White Lake | Salt | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montague in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montague | - | Ambient weather station Stone windmill measured a 63 mph gust. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montague | - | Peak wind gust at military site. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Montague | - | Hail 1.75 inches (golf ball sized) reported. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Montague | - | Hail 1.75 inches (golf ball sized) reported about 10 mi NW of Geraldine, MT. Spotter returned home 45 minutes after event. Original hailstone could have exceeded 2.00 inches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson (historical) | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Shonkin | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Geraldine | 11.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lonetree (historical) | 13.1 miles | 13 | |
| Fort Benton | 14.8 miles | 14 | |
| Big Sag | 14.9 miles | 13 | |
| Ophir (historical) | 17.5 miles | 14 | |
| Square Butte | 17.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 774341. 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.






