Sumatra, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the North of the Yellowstone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59083. The Survey maps it on the Sumatra quadrangle. It stands 3,202 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Forsyth quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Sumatra quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Melstone quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Sumatra between 2018 and 2019, burning about 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.3 acres | Rosebud County | GREBE - ROSEBUD |
| 10 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Eastern Land Office | HWY 12 MM223 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
26 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sumatra in 26 storm reports between 1999 and 2019: 19 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2014 | Flood | Sumatra | - | County officials and the Montana Department of Transportation reported small stream and low land flooding. Numerous roads and some highways were reported to have water flowing across them. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sumatra | - | A wind gust of 60 mph was estimated southeast of Melstone. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sumatra | - | Dime size hail was also reported. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sumatra | - | An estimated wind gust of 60 mph from a thunderstorm outflow was measured 6 miles southeast of Melstone. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Sumatra | - | Windows were broken by golf ball size hail. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sumatra | - | Severe wind gusts occurred for a period of 20 minutes. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sumatra | - | 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust |
| June 1999 | Hail | Sumatra | - | Spotter report of dime size hail. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Sumatra | - | Nickel sized hail was reported in Sumatra. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Sumatra | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Sumatra | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Sumatra | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Sumatra | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Sumatra | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Sumatra | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Sumatra | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sumatra | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Sumatra | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Sumatra | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Sumatra | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Sumatra | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Sumatra | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Sumatra | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Sumatra | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Sumatra | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Sumatra | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galbraith | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Hibbard (historical) | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Ingomar | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Bascom | 10.7 miles | 9 | |
| Ahles | 22.6 miles | 9 | |
| Vananda | 33.0 miles | 9 | |
| Finch | 38.2 miles | 9 | |
| Howard (historical) | 41.4 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Sumatra | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7636991 | 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 777301. 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.





