BlockThurlow, 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 59347. It stands on Sweeney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thurlow quadrangle.
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
- 1968 USGS Thurlow quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Thurlow between 1996 and 2020, burning about 136 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | JOPPO |
| 24 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Eastern Land Office | THURLOW |
| 22 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Eastern Land Office | SAND CREEK NORTH |
| 13 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.1 acres | Eastern Land Office | I94 MM112 |
| 12 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Land Office | EAST MUSSELSHELL |
| 16 July 2006 | Natural | 10 acres | Miles City Field Office | ROSEBUD CTY ASSIST |
| 12 July 2006 | Natural | 120 acres | Miles City Field Office | IRON JAW |
| 14 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Rosebud County | I94MM112 - ROSEBUD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thurlow in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2011: 3 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thurlow | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thurlow | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thurlow | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hathaway | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Rosebud | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Cartersville | 8.6 miles | 8 | |
| Albright (historical) | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| Flynn | 12.5 miles | 9 | |
| Sabra (historical) | 15.1 miles | 8 | |
| Orinoco | 15.2 miles | 9 | |
| Crain Place | 16.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 777630. 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.