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.
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
- Sanders Gynmasium and Community Halllisted 1997
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
- 1960 USGS Sanders quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Hysham quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
4 since 2012Regional 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Treasure County | TREASURE 525 |
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Treasure County | TRUCK POT |
| 2 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | SANDERS |
| 13 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 535 acres | Southern Land Office | HIGHWAY 10 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain States Clay Products, Inc. | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Aluminum | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
11 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanders | - | An isolated thunderstorm during the early evening of the 5th produced a microburst. Some minor damage, including an uprooted tree, was reported. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Sanders | - | Property damage was reported. |
| May 2013 | Flood | Sanders | - | Minor flooding occurred on River Basin Creek and other small streams and rivers in Treasure County. |
| June 2013 | Flood | Sanders | - | Minor flooding occurred on River Basin Creek and other small streams and rivers in Treasure County. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Sanders | - | Several roads across Treasure County flooded, especially northeast of Hysham area. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Sanders | - | 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 2020 | Hail | Sanders | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Sanders | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Sanders | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Flash Flood | Sanders | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Sanders | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hysham | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Myers | 13.2 miles | 9 | |
| Rancher (historical) | 16.3 miles | 9 | |
| Etchetah (historical) | 19.2 miles | 12 | |
| Burnt Creek (historical) | 19.9 miles | 8 | |
| Bighorn | 20.7 miles | 12 | |
| Kurtzville (historical) | 20.7 miles | 12 |
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 Sanders | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7416137 | 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 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.





