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Sanders, Montana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the South Treasure census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59076. It stands on Sarpy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sanders quadrangle. It stands 2,602 feet above sea level.

Sanders within Treasure County

On record in Sanders

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

4 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Sanders between 2012 and 2019, burning about 615 acres in total. None 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresTreasure CountyTREASURE 525
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTreasure CountyTRUCK POT
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeSANDERS
13 March 2012Debris and open burning535 acresSouthern Land OfficeHIGHWAY 10

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Treasure County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sanders: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mountain States Clay Products, Inc.ClayOccurrence
Unnamed LocationAluminumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Treasure County

Storms near this place

11 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sanders in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 6 hail, 3 flood, 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Thunderstorm WindSanders-An isolated thunderstorm during the early evening of the 5th produced a microburst. Some minor damage, including an uprooted tree, was reported.
July 2020HailSanders-Property damage was reported.
May 2013FloodSanders-Minor flooding occurred on River Basin Creek and other small streams and rivers in Treasure County.
June 2013FloodSanders-Minor flooding occurred on River Basin Creek and other small streams and rivers in Treasure County.
May 2011FloodSanders-Several roads across Treasure County flooded, especially northeast of Hysham area.
April 1999HailSanders-A spotter in Sanders (7NE Hysham) reported nickel to dime sized hail as well as flash flooding along Starve to Death Creek as a thunderstorm moved slowly northeast over the area.
July 2020HailSanders-no account filed
July 2020HailSanders-no account filed
June 2008HailSanders-no account filed
April 1999Flash FloodSanders-no account filed
May 1995HailSanders-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Treasure County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Hysham7.3 miles9
Myers13.2 miles9
Rancher (historical)16.3 miles9
Etchetah (historical)19.2 miles12
Burnt Creek (historical)19.9 miles8
Bighorn20.7 miles12
Kurtzville (historical)20.7 miles12

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 SandersAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7416137The 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 776208. 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.