BlockNichols, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Forsyth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59327. It stands on Armells Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nichols quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Forsyth quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Nichols quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
9 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Nichols between 2004 and 2020, burning about 10 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Rosebud County | ARMELLS - ROSEBUD |
| 23 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Rosebud County | OLD HIGHWAY 10 - ROSEBUD |
| 6 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rosebud County | XERSES - ROSEBUD |
| 14 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Eastern Land Office | MCGRAW |
| 5 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | ISLAND |
| 21 April 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | HWY12 MM263 |
| 14 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | 53 VAN OLSEN LN |
| 13 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | TREASURE COUNTY RANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nichols in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2011: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Flood | Nichols | $225,000 | Heavy rainfall caused rivers and streams to rise significantly resulting in some flooding. High water caused difficult passage on the road going into the town of Rosebud and water covered Highway 12 in the Hammond Valley. At the height of the flooding, Highway 12 was closed due to flooding from Ingomar to Forsyth. ||The Yellowstone River at Forsyth went above flood stage with minor lowland flooding reported from May 22nd through May 29th. The river crested at 12.35 feet on the 24th and 12.18 feet on the 28th.||Damage estimates based on FEMA reviews and Individual Assistance approvals. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nichols | - | An estimated wind gust of 60 mph along with crop damage was reported 6 miles west of Forsyth. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Nichols | - | Water was reported flowing over Brandenberg and Tongue River Roads with 2.45 inches of rain being reported in two hours. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Spring | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Howard (historical) | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Forsyth | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Porcupine (historical) | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Finch | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Orinoco | 12.1 miles | 9 | |
| Vananda | 13.2 miles | 9 | |
| Flynn | 14.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 774619. 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.