BlockUlmer, 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 Coal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lignite Creek 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 Lignite Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Ulmer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 746 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | ROLLED ANKLE |
| 6 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 281 acres | Miles City Field Office | OVERPASS |
| 3 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | INTERSTATE |
| 23 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Eastern Land Office | KEOGH |
| 19 August 2007 | Natural | 44 acres | Eastern Land Office | not named |
| 8 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | CHEY ISLAN |
| 4 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Custer County | KEYHOLE - CUSTER |
| 3 July 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Miles City Field Office | INTERSTATE |
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 Ulmer in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2013: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ulmer | - | A tree was downed blocking traffic on Highway 59 at mile marker 5. |
| July 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Ulmer | - | A severe thunderstorm that originated in the Lewistown area strengthened even more by the time it reached Custer County. A bow echo structure moved rapidly through the Miles City area. A damage assessment team indicated a very strong outflow in the 75-110 mph range occurred due to a descending inflow jet that produced a short-lived spin-up tornado. This brief touchdown of an EF1 tornado was eventually outrun by the storm outflow as it moved eastward. ||Areal coverage was about one square mile along MT State Road 332 about 13 miles south of Miles City. Debris was thrown several hundred yards from the point of origin. Several structures were impacted with parts of several roofs blown off and the side of one house blown off. Dozens of large trees 12-16 inches in diameter were uprooted and large tree limbs were thrown long distances. In addition, 12 power poles were knocked down, an irrigation pipe system was thrown several hundred feet and a camper was overturned. Other impacts included tree limbs blocking roads, power outages, campers at 12 Mile Dam (no known injuries), and major structural damage to homes, barns, and garages. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Ulmer | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paragon | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Miles City | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Westwood Estates | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Horton | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Sadie (historical) | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Sheffield | 11.2 miles | 9 | |
| Cutler (historical) | 12.3 miles | 8 | |
| Moon Creek (historical) | 12.7 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 777906. 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.