BlockTunis, Montana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Fort Benton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59442. The Survey maps it on the Tunis quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1890 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000
- 1897 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Tunis quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Tunis between 2018 and 2020, burning about 466 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 200 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 12 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 75 acres | Chouteau County | FDH-MTLG19-230 |
| 25 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 189 acres | Malta Field Office | SPUD |
| 17 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Chouteau County | FDH-MTLG19-43 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tunis in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunis | - | A power pole was knocked down during a thunderstorm. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kershaw | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Carter | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Fort Benton | 9.3 miles | 14 | |
| Floweree | 11.1 miles | 18 | |
| Lander Crossing | 12.3 miles | 16 | |
| Pleasant Valley (historical) | 13.0 miles | 13 | |
| Shepherd Crossing | 14.1 miles | 16 | |
| Highwood | 15.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 777801. 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.