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Vananda, 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 59327. It stands on Anderson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vananda quadrangle.

Vananda within Rosebud County

On record in Vananda

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Vananda in 2017, burning about 72 acres in total. 1 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
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 June 2017Natural72 acresMiles City Field OfficeHORSE CREEK

Every fire recorded in Rosebud County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Vananda: 3 producers, 3 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Bentonite, Clay, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bentonite Mine and PlantClayProducer
Hallett Minerals PitBentoniteProducer
Mountain States Clay Products, Inc.ClayOccurrence
Unnamed LocationAluminumOccurrence
Unnamed LocationAluminumOccurrence
Vananda DepositBentoniteProducer1967

Every working recorded in Rosebud County

Storms near this place

19 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vananda in 19 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 13 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2014FloodVananda-Flooding as a result of an ice jam on the Yellowstone River was reported a few miles east of Hysham along Gibson and Van Olsen Roads. Some farm structures were damaged by the high water.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindVananda-Wind gusts were estimated between 60 and 70 mph.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindVananda-Winds were estimated between 60 and 70 mph. Some shingles were blown off a roof.
July 2010HailVananda-The hail lasted 20 minutes.
June 2008HailVananda-Mothball to quarter size hail was reported.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindVananda-A thunderstorm wind gust was estimated at 60 mph 6 miles northeast of Vananda.
June 2007HailVananda-Cars were dented from the hail.
April 1999HailVananda-A spotter 5E Vananda in northwestern Rosebud County reported dime sized hail accumulating between 15 and 20 inches from a slow moving thunderstorm. The storm also produced flash flooding in parts of northwestern Rosebud County.
July 1999Flash FloodVananda-Two inches of rain fell in less than one hour just south of Vananda as a slow moving thunderstorm moved over the area. The water was up to a foot deep.
July 2020HailVananda-no account filed
July 2018HailVananda-no account filed
June 2011HailVananda-no account filed
July 2010HailVananda-no account filed
July 2010HailVananda-no account filed
May 2007HailVananda-no account filed
May 2005HailVananda-no account filed
July 2001HailVananda-no account filed
July 2001HailVananda-no account filed
April 1999Flash FloodVananda-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rosebud County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Finch7.6 miles9
Howard (historical)10.3 miles9
Ahles10.5 miles9
Nichols13.2 miles9
Cold Spring15.0 miles9
Forsyth19.3 miles9
Porcupine (historical)19.4 miles9
Orinoco22.7 miles9

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 VanandaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q122572993The 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 777997. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.