Post Creek, Montana
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Flathead Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59865. It stands on Ashley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Connah quadrangle.
On record in Post Creek
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Fort Connah Sitelisted 1982
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.
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Fort Connah quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Fort Connah quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
52 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Post Creek between 1993 and 2020, burning about 138 acres in total. 5 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 | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Flathead Agency | 2 CREEK LN |
| 2 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Flathead Agency | ASHLEY |
| 18 September 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8.0 acres | Flathead Agency | DUBLIN |
| 12 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Flathead Agency | OLSON |
| 9 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake County | NARROWS ISLAND |
| 8 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | BELL CROSSING |
| 5 August 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Flathead Agency | ASHLEY CRK |
| 30 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Flathead Agency | WALKIN GRIZZLY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Post Creek in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 hail. 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 2022 | Hail | Post Creek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allentown | 2.9 miles | 6 | |
| Kicking Horse | 4.4 miles | 6 | |
| Charlo | 4.8 miles | 6 | |
| Saint Ignatius | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Ronan | 9.0 miles | 8 | |
| Moiese | 9.2 miles | 6 | |
| Ravalli | 9.5 miles | 6 | |
| Round Butte | 12.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 775396. 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.



