Sprole, Montana
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the Fort Peck Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59255. It lies near White Shield Island. The Survey maps it on the Sprole quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1912 USGS Poplar quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Sprole quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
274 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 274 fires within 5 miles of Sprole between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,038 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 50 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/undetermined | 61 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 50 |
| Smoking | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Fireworks | 10 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Fort Peck Agency | DUPREE |
| 8 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fort Peck Agency | 3MIERT1 |
| 8 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Fort Peck Agency | DUPREE |
| 7 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Fort Peck Agency | 3MIEINDHWY |
| 6 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.1 acres | Fort Peck Agency | BIRD |
| 6 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fort Peck Agency | 2MIERT1 |
| 4 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.5 acres | Fort Peck Agency | BLACK |
| 4 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fort Peck Agency | MURPHVILLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sprole in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 5 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sprole | - | Report occurred at the Poplar RAWS station. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sprole | - | The Poplar RAWS site (POPM8) measured a 62 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sprole | - | An 85 mph wind gust was recorded at the Poplar RAWS site. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sprole | - | Many cottonwood trees blown over. Three sections of a pivot irrigator were blown over. A barn roof was damaged. Event time estimated by radar. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sprole | - | Taken at the Poplar RAWS station east of Poplar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deertail Indian Village (historical) | 1.4 miles | 6 | |
| Poplar | 7.2 miles | 6 | |
| Brockton | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Calais | 13.4 miles | 9 | |
| Chelsea | 14.7 miles | 6 | |
| Anderson | 17.8 miles | 7 | |
| Fort Kipp | 18.6 miles | 7 | |
| Boyd (historical) | 22.2 miles | 7 |
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 Q122563886 | 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 777095. 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.



