Pendroy, Montana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Choteau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59467. The Survey maps it on the Pendroy quadrangle. 25 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,272 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 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.
- 1920 USGS Dupuyer quadrangle1:125000
- 1936 USGS Pendroy quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Pendroy quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Pendroy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Valier quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Pendroy quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Pendroy between 2017 and 2020, burning about 362 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Teton County | JOHNSON HILLTOP |
| 23 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 300 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 22 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Teton County | JOHNSON |
| 2 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 19 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Teton County | JOHNS |
| 14 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | PENDROY |
| 3 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 21 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Teton County | JITTERBUG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pendroy: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, REE, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron-Titanium Occurrence | Iron, REE, Titanium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
13 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pendroy in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 7 hail, 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pendroy | - | Measured via station MTPND near Pendroy. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pendroy | - | Pendroy Montana DOT station reported a thunderstorm wind gust of 76 mph. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pendroy | - | High winds measuring 50KT (58MPH) were reported 2 miles NW of Pendroy, MT. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Pendroy | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Pendroy. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Pendroy | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Pendroy 7WSW. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Pendroy | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped .75 inch diameter hail at Pendroy 7WSW. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Pendroy | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped .88 inch diameter hail at Pendroy 13SW. Damage to a vegetable garden was reported. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pendroy | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Pendroy | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pendroy | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Pendroy | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pendroy | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Pendroy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bynum | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Agawam | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Rockport Colony | 9.4 miles | 12 | |
| Miller Colony | 10.2 miles | 11 | |
| Malone | 11.5 miles | 11 | |
| Koyl | 12.1 miles | 11 | |
| Farmington | 14.6 miles | 11 | |
| Burton (historical) | 16.3 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 Pendroy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q15265869 | 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 775145. 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.








