Nagos, Montana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Frenchtown-Wye census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59808. It lies near Marent Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Northwest Missoula quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1912 USGS Missoula quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Northwest Missoula quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Missoula West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Northwest Missoula quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
131 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Nagos between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,747 acres in total. 28 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 | 69 |
| Natural | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | EVARO #2 |
| 30 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | GRANT CREEK |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | DODD RANCH ROAD |
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missoula County | not named |
| 21 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | MARENT GULCH |
| 18 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missoula County | not named |
| 18 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 1 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missoula County | 200138 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Nagos: 4 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nagos in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 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 | Nagos | $1,000 | In East Missoula, a wedding tent was collapsed by the winds. Northwest of the Wye, gusts were estimated to be over 50 mph. The University of Montana campus also sustained damage, with several downed trees, one of which fell onto a roof. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ardrum (historical) | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| Wye | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Evaro | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| De Smet | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Grass Valley | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Schilling | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Primrose | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Grant Creek (historical) | 6.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 806307. 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.







