BlockSimpson, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Wild Horse Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59501. The Survey maps it on the Simpson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1920 USGS Gildford quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Gildford quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Chester quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Simpson in 2019, burning about 1,300 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,300 acres | Hill County | FDH-MTLG12-64 |
Storms near this place
13 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Simpson in 13 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2004 | Hail | Simpson | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simpson | - | Montana mesonet station Kremlin NW peak gust. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simpson | - | Mesonet station GW6392 Gildford 15n measured a 59 mph wind gust. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simpson | - | Montana mesonet station Simpson peak gust. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simpson | - | A large barn was destroyed. Large Hay Bales tossed. One Section of a steel shed blown out. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simpson | - | A 70 mph wind gust and small hail was observed by the COOP Observer. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simpson | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 75 mph at Simpson 20E (Creedman Reservoir). |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simpson | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Simpson 5WNW. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Simpson | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 1.25 inch hail at Simpson 6NE. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Simpson | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simpson | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Hail | Simpson | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simpson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gildford Colony | 9.8 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Johns | 13.8 miles | 8 | |
| Goldstone | 17.4 miles | 7 | |
| Fox Crossing | 23.7 miles | 7 | |
| Hilldale Colony | 24.3 miles | 8 | |
| Minneota (historical) | 24.5 miles | 7 | |
| Gildford | 25.3 miles | 8 | |
| Kremlin | 25.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 776569. 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.