Teigen, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Winnett South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59032. The Survey maps it on the Teigen quadrangle. It stands 3,192 feet above sea level.
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
- 1986 USGS Teigen quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Winnett quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Teigen between 1995 and 2019, burning about 758 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | 150 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | ASSIST5 |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | 600 acres | North Central Montana District | TEIGEN |
| 2 August 1996 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | ASSIST 4 |
| 17 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | North Central Montana District | TEIGEN |
| 5 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Petroleum County | FDH-MTLG55-65 |
| 27 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | North Central Montana District | DOUBLE S |
| 28 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | North Central Montana District | TIEGEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Teigen in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 6 hail, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Teigen | - | The War Horse NW site (Montana Climate Office) recorded a wind gust of 62 mph. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Teigen | - | The wind gust occurred at the Winnett Southwest MCO mesonet. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Teigen | - | The War Horse NW HydroMet site (WRHM8) from the Montana Climate Office Mesonet recorded a 59 mph wind gust. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Teigen | - | The War Horse NW HydroMet site (WRHM8) from the Montana Climate Office Mesonet recorded a 61 mph wind gust. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Teigen | - | Public reported half dollar size hail. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Teigen | - | Public reported quarter sized hail. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Teigen | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Teigen | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Teigen | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Teigen | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blakeslee (historical) | 11.6 miles | 8 | |
| Winnett | 13.2 miles | 8 | |
| Flatwillow | 17.6 miles | 6 | |
| Wallview (historical) | 20.1 miles | 6 | |
| Hoyle (historical) | 22.9 miles | 8 | |
| Shay (historical) | 23.5 miles | 8 | |
| Kelley | 29.1 miles | 6 | |
| Dovetail (historical) | 29.6 miles | 8 |
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 Teigen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7694986 | 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 777448. 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.



