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Verona, Montana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Big Sandy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59520. The Survey maps it on the Verona quadrangle.

Verona within Chouteau County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

3 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Verona between 2018 and 2020, burning about 3 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 use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
12 August 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreChouteau CountyFDH-MTLG19-237
26 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNortheastern Land Officenot named
29 April 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresChouteau CountyFDH-MTLG19-33

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chouteau County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Verona: 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Chouteau County

Storms near this place

5 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Verona in 5 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
May 2025Thunderstorm WindVerona-Montana mesonet station Big Sandy SE (Acebsase) measured a 69 mph wind gust.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindVerona-Montana mesonet station Big Sandy SE measured a 59 mph wind gust.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindVerona-Big Sandy MT Mesonet peak gust.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindVerona-Downed power lines reported along highway 87 near Verona.
June 2015HailVerona-Hail size reported from observer after storm had passed.

Every storm recorded in Chouteau 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
Big Sandy5.7 miles8
Coal Banks Landing6.5 miles9
Inga (historical)7.6 miles12
Virgelle8.1 miles10
Lonesome Prairie (historical)9.3 miles10
Stranahan11.2 miles14
Rocky Crossing11.8 miles10
Kenilworth13.8 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 778016. 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.