BlockSipple, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Hobson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59464. It stands on Little Trout Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sipple quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1889 USGS Big Snowy Mountain quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Big Snowy Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Roundup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Roundup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Sipple quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Big Snowy Mountains quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Sipple between 2017 and 2019, burning about 4 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 | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 9 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 27 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fergus County | FDH-MTLG08-85 |
| 2 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.3 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
Storms near this place
5 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sipple in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sipple | - | Montana mesonet sensor Judith Gap measured a 63 mph wind gust. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sipple | - | Report via media: Funnel cloud was observed picking up dust for about 45 seconds and believed to have touched the ground. Location was about 6 mi south of Buffalo and 2 mi west of Garneill. No damages were reported with the landspout. |
| July 2019 | Flood | Sipple | - | Floodwater was flowing across property on West Buffalo Creek. The Floodwaters were up to four feet deep and the floodwater channel was about 100 yards wide. |
| May 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Sipple | - | KRTV received multiple photos of a tornado six-miles southwest of Moore, MT. Tornado moved southward and lasted about five-minutes per observer. Path length and maximum path width were estimated. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Sipple | - | Hail measuring 1.00 inches (quarter sized) was reported 1mi S of Eddies Corner. |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122548176 | 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 776583. 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.