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Sayle, Montana

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Otter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59062. The Survey maps it on the Sayle quadrangle.

Sayle within Powder River County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Sayle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 66,712 acres in total. 61 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
Natural61
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
9 September 1994Natural40 acresCuster Gallatin National Forestnot named
9 September 1994Natural2,830 acresMiles City Field OfficeTHOMPSONCK
8 September 2020Naturalunder an acreMiles City Field OfficeSEYMOUR
8 September 2009Natural7.4 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestWILLIE
19 September 1998Natural3.0 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestSOUTH FORK
8 August 2016Naturalunder an acreMiles City Field OfficeSAYLE
8 August 2006Natural142 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestBLOOM CREEK
6 August 1999Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestTOPE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Powder River 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 Sayle: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Scoria PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Powder River County

Storms near this place

20 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sayle in 20 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 14 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 2025HailSayle-Quarter inch hail reported.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindSayle-Measured by mesonet weather station.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindSayle-A barn was destroyed.
June 2019HailSayle-Golf ball size hail along with 60 mph winds were reported.
June 2019HailSayle-Baseball size and larger hail was reported.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindSayle-Golf ball size hail was also reported.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindSayle-A one foot diameter tree was toppled.
July 2008HailSayle-Estimated wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph were also reported.
July 2008HailSayle-Winds were estimated at 60 to 70 mph.
June 2007Heavy RainSayle-Rain from the event was recorded to be 2.10 inches in 24 hours.
June 1999HailSayle-Spotter report of quarter size hail.
June 2023HailSayle-no account filed
June 2022HailSayle-no account filed
July 2019HailSayle-no account filed
June 2018HailSayle-no account filed
June 2018HailSayle-no account filed
June 2015HailSayle-no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindSayle-no account filed
July 2008HailSayle-no account filed
July 2008HailSayle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Powder River 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
Otter11.0 miles8
Moorhead13.0 miles8
Sonnette15.5 miles10
Moores (historical)21.3 miles8
Willow Crossing23.1 miles9
Epsie25.8 miles8
Bay Horse26.0 miles8
Olive33.4 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 790096. 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.