Oswego, Montana
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the Fort Peck Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59201. It stands on East Fork Oswego Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oswego quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1915 USGS Oswego quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Oswego quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
87 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Oswego between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,999 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 5 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| 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 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fort Peck Agency | AMELIA S |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fort Peck Agency | LONG FINN |
| 5 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fort Peck Agency | STAFNE |
| 4 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Fort Peck Agency | S. TOM GREENS |
| 24 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fort Peck Agency | FOURSTAR |
| 2 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 213 acres | Fort Peck Agency | WINDY |
| 17 September 2000 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Fort Peck Agency | HORSESHOE |
| 16 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Fort Peck Agency | OSWEGO S. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Oswego: 8 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
19 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oswego in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Hail | Oswego | - | Public reported golf ball sized hail. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | A 58 mph wind gust was measured at the Oswego 4N mesonet station. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | Mesonet site west of Wolf Point measured 72 mph winds. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Oswego | - | Trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Oswego | - | Trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail covering the ground. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Oswego | - | Trained spotter reported hail up to the size of nickels. Location on the edge of the storm. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Oswego | - | Minor flooding was occurring at Wolf Point where stages exceeded Flood Stage by about 1.5 feet (estimated from the river gauge at Wolf Point). |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | Trees being bent over and branches snapped. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | 58 mph wind reported by spotter 6 miles north of Oswego. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Oswego | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Oswego | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Hail | Oswego | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oswego | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Flash Flood | Oswego | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frazer | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Bakers (historical) | 18.1 miles | 8 | |
| Wiota (historical) | 20.3 miles | 11 | |
| Lustre | 23.1 miles | 7 | |
| Nashua | 25.7 miles | 11 | |
| Idlewile (historical) | 29.1 miles | 11 | |
| Free Deal (historical) | 29.6 miles | 11 | |
| Park Dale (historical) | 29.7 miles | 11 |
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 Oswego | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7108218 | The 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 774988. 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.



