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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Christina quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1998Regional 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | North Central Montana District | SHRIMP |
| 23 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.8 acres | Fergus County | FDH-MTLG08-74 |
| 22 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.1 acres | North Central Montana District | WINFRED |
| 14 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fergus County | FDH-MTLG08-118 |
| 13 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Suffolk | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Suffolk | - | Ambient sensor Hilltop0 measured a 66 mph gust. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Suffolk | - | MT Mesonset station Christina W. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Suffolk | - | AWOS station K1EM (Echo) measured 64 mph wind gust. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Suffolk | - | Time is estimated. Awos station k1em echo. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Suffolk | - | A thunderstorm dropped 2 inch diameter hail at Suffolk 2W. Also, 1.25 inch diameter hail fell at Coffee Creek 6N. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Suffolk | - | A thnderstorm produced a wind gust to 63 mph at Suffolk 6E. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Suffolk | - | A severe thunderstorm produced hail and wind gusts to 60 mph at Suffolk 5E. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Suffolk | - | Actual spotter location Suffolk 2 W. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Suffolk | - | Reported by general public in Suffolk. |
| August 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Suffolk | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Suffolk | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Suffolk | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cone Butte (historical) | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Christina | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Winifred | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Salt Creek (historical) | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Moulton | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Rumble Creek (historical) | 10.1 miles | 7 | |
| Kendall (historical) | 13.8 miles | 8 | |
| Armells (historical) | 13.9 miles | 8 |
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.



