BlockShirley, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Shirley-Ismay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59301. It stands on Dead Horse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shirley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Shirley quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Terry quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Shirley between 1995 and 2017, burning about 37 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1995 | Natural | 15 acres | Miles City Field Office | COTTONWOOD |
| 4 August 2000 | Natural | 15 acres | Eastern Land Office | not named |
| 9 May 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | SHIRLEY |
| 28 May 2001 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | BON FIELD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shirley in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2013: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shirley | - | Winds estimated at 60 mph along with ping pong ball size hail were reported. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Shirley | - | Ping pong ball sized hail driven by winds estimated at 60 mph was reported. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shirley | - | An estimated wind gust of 70 mph was reported at mile marker 157 on I-94. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonfield | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Kinsey | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Tusler | 11.8 miles | 9 | |
| Westwood Estates | 18.4 miles | 9 | |
| Miles City | 18.7 miles | 9 | |
| Hilcrest (historical) | 21.2 miles | 8 | |
| Ulmer | 24.7 miles | 9 | |
| Cutler (historical) | 25.7 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 776491. 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.