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Savoy, Montana

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Harlem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59526. The Survey maps it on the Savoy quadrangle.

Savoy within Blaine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

106 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Savoy between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,317 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Debris and open burning30
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1

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
3 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFort Belknap AgencyOLDTHUNDER
23 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFort Belknap AgencyCHUCKWAGON
20 September 1994Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFort Belknap AgencyPOWER POLE
18 September 2000Smoking2.5 acresFort Belknap AgencyDEMOB
12 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFort Belknap Agency4 CHAIRS
10 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use13 acresFort Belknap AgencySWATHER
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.3 acresFort Belknap AgencyRTE 6
7 August 2004Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresFort Belknap AgencyBRIDGE2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blaine County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Savoy: 5 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Blaine County

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Savoy in 1 storm report in 2022: 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
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSavoy$200,000Significant damage to a farm occurred. Two grain bins were destroyed, two roofs heavily damaged, barns heavily damaged, a few windows were reported to be blown out.

Every storm recorded in Blaine 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
Dogtown (historical)4.1 miles7
Coburg5.8 miles7
Newtown11.3 miles7
Fort Belknap Agency11.8 miles7
Harlem13.4 miles11
North Harlem Colony13.6 miles11
Turner Colony20.4 miles7
Wing (historical)21.8 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 776238. 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.