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Sundance, Montana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Blackfeet Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59427. The Survey maps it on the Sundance quadrangle.

Sundance within Glacier County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

69 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Sundance between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,215 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning9
Smoking7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Fireworks3
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBlackfeet AgencyAIRPLANE
28 September 2017Smokingunder an acreBlackfeet AgencyBLACK KNIGHT
27 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresBlackfeet AgencyPOWDERPUFF
22 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresBlackfeet AgencyPARDUE
11 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use12 acresBlackfeet AgencySLING SHOT
10 September 2015Smokingunder an acreBlackfeet AgencyFRANK
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBlackfeet AgencyRAILROAD#2
7 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlackfeet AgencyTHOMAS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glacier County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sundance: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Iron OccurrenceSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Glacier County

Storms near this place

8 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sundance in 8 storm reports between 2019 and 2022: 4 heavy rain, 2 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2022Heavy RainSundance-Eight hour rainfall total.
June 2022Heavy RainSundance-Total rain since Saturday.
July 2022Heavy RainSundance-Report of 1 inches of rain 11 miles west of Cut Bank.
June 2022Heavy RainSundance-Updated rainfall report since Sunday evening.
June 2022HailSundance-One inch hail falling on Friday evening in Glacier County.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSundance-Ambient weather station reports a 74 mph wind gust.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSundance-Ambient weather station 15 miles W of Cut Bank measured 74 mph wind gust.
June 2019HailSundance-Quarter size hail occurred at the beginning of the storm, then decreased to pea size.

Every storm recorded in Glacier 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
Gunsight3.8 miles12
Hidden Lake Colony4.3 miles9
Seville Colony5.0 miles9
Fort Piegan6.0 miles9
Cut Bank11.0 miles13
Meriwether12.2 miles9
Santa Rita12.2 miles13
Glendale Colony14.5 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 777317. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.