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Suffolk, Montana

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hanover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59451. The Survey maps it on the Christina quadrangle.

Suffolk within Fergus County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

5 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Suffolk between 1998 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1
Natural1

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
18 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNorth Central Montana DistrictSHRIMP
23 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.8 acresFergus CountyFDH-MTLG08-74
22 July 2008Equipment and vehicle use3.1 acresNorth Central Montana DistrictWINFRED
14 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFergus CountyFDH-MTLG08-118
13 July 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresNortheastern Land Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fergus County

Storms near this place

13 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Suffolk in 13 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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
August 2004Thunderstorm WindSuffolk$2,000no account filed
May 2025Thunderstorm WindSuffolk-Ambient sensor Hilltop0 measured a 66 mph gust.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindSuffolk-MT Mesonset station Christina W.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSuffolk-AWOS station K1EM (Echo) measured 64 mph wind gust.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindSuffolk-Time is estimated. Awos station k1em echo.
June 2016HailSuffolk-A thunderstorm dropped 2 inch diameter hail at Suffolk 2W. Also, 1.25 inch diameter hail fell at Coffee Creek 6N.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindSuffolk-A thnderstorm produced a wind gust to 63 mph at Suffolk 6E.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindSuffolk-A severe thunderstorm produced hail and wind gusts to 60 mph at Suffolk 5E.
June 2001HailSuffolk-Actual spotter location Suffolk 2 W.
July 2001HailSuffolk-Reported by general public in Suffolk.
August 2004Funnel CloudSuffolk-no account filed
June 2003HailSuffolk-no account filed
August 2000HailSuffolk-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fergus 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
Cone Butte (historical)3.0 miles8
Christina6.1 miles8
Winifred6.3 miles7
Salt Creek (historical)6.7 miles8
Moulton8.4 miles8
Rumble Creek (historical)10.1 miles7
Kendall (historical)13.8 miles8
Armells (historical)13.9 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 806983. 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.