Tusler, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Miles City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59301. It stands on Alkali Creek. The Survey maps it on the Miles City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Tusler between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,605 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 996 acres | Miles City Field Office | LIGHTHOUSE |
| 26 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | MATHEWS |
| 23 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Custer County | RANGER - CUSTER |
| 18 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | MILE MARKER 144 |
| 16 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | MATTHEWS |
| 13 August 2008 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | MAY |
| 12 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | MATTHEWS |
| 6 July 2013 | Fireworks | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | MATTHEWS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tusler in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2013: 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Hail | Tusler | - | All the windows and siding on the north side of a house, shop, and camper were damaged. A pickup window was also broken. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tusler | - | An estimated wind gust of 60 mph was reported 4 miles NE of Murn. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Tusler | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westwood Estates | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Miles City | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Kinsey | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Shirley | 11.8 miles | 8 | |
| Ulmer | 13.0 miles | 9 | |
| Bonfield | 14.0 miles | 8 | |
| Paragon | 15.6 miles | 9 | |
| Hilcrest (historical) | 16.2 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.
| Wikidata item Q116390157 | 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 777817. 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.




