Vida, Montana

5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the North McCone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59274. The Survey maps it on the Vida quadrangle. 24 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,372 feet above sea level.

Vida within McCone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 5 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.

1954 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Vida quadrangle1:24000

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 Vida in 2017, burning about 5 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	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
7 July 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Eastern Land Office	VIDA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Presserville (historical)

Every fire recorded in McCone County

Storms near this place

60 of 101 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vida in 101 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 61 hail, 32 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 heavy rain. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1995	Hail	Vida	1 hurt, $25,000	Three-inch hail damaged car windshields and tore gutters off of homes. Several wheat fields sustained damage. The hail tore the roof off a John Deere combine. One woman was injured when hail struck her in the forehead.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Vida	$100,000	A metal pole barn with wooden frame sustained damage from thunderstorm outflow winds, including the roof being blown off, and the north and south walls collapsing. Owner was not present to witness the damage. Event time is estimated from radar imagery. Through discussion and photo analysis of the damage, the peak wind speed is estimated at 95 mph.
June 2007	Hail	Vida	$100,000	The hail was accompanied by 50 to 60 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. The combination of the hail and wind led to some significant crop damage as well as structural damage to several farms. See entire episode narrative for full details.
July 2001	Hail	Vida	$30,000	A Montana Department of Transportation truck got caught in large hail along Highway 24, near Rock Creek. The truck had several large hail dents in it, and the windshield was shattered.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Vida	$20,000	Telephone poles were down on Highway 13 at mile marker 33. Also, 13 power poles were blown down by damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2007	Hail	Vida	$10,000	The hail ranged in size from nickel to quarter and covered the ground. Two windows were blown out on the west side of a home along with some damge to the siding. See entire episode narrative for full details.
August 1995	Hail	Vida	$10,000	Grapefruit-size hail damaged shingles and car windshields. Some wheat was destroyed. Some windows were also broken in houses.
August 2002	Hail	Vida	$10,000	no account filed
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Vida	$10,000	no account filed
July 1999	Hail	Vida	$4,000	no account filed
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Vida	$1,000	A roof was blown off of a small machine shed.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Vida	$600	Cottonwood tree limbs were blown off.
June 2010	Hail	Vida	$100	Clouds were rotating with 50 mph winds accompanying the hail. A window was broken from the storm.
April 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Vida	-	The Vida W Montana Climate Office mesonet site (VDWM8) recorded a 58 mph wind gust.
April 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Vida	-	The Vida NE Montana Climate Office mesonet site (VDNM8) recorded a 60 mph wind gust.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Vida	-	Trained spotter reported a 63 mph wind gust.
August 2024	Hail	Vida	-	A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of quarters.
August 2024	Hail	Vida	-	Public reported, via Twitter (X), hail up to the size of quarters.
July 2022	Hail	Vida	-	Public reported, via Facebook, hail up to the size of ping pong balls.
July 2022	Hail	Vida	-	A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of half dollars.
July 2022	Hail	Vida	-	Public reported hail up to the size of hen eggs.
July 2020	Hail	Vida	-	Public reported hail up to the size of half dollars, along with over an inch of rainfall. Time estimated from radar.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Vida	-	McCone Electric Co-Op, Inc. reported, via social media, multiple main power transmission lines blown down. McCone County dispatch reported powers lines and multiple transmission boxes blown down near the intersection of Nickwall Road and Highway 13.
June 2016	Hail	Vida	-	Public reported half dollar sized hail.
June 2015	Hail	Vida	-	Public reported quarter-sized hail.
June 2013	Hail	Vida	-	Public reported penny-sized hail and very gusty winds.
July 2013	Hail	Vida	-	Trained spotter reported hail up to the size of quarters, winds up to 30 mph, and moderate rain reducing visibility to one-half mile.
July 2013	Hail	Vida	-	Trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail and heavy rain.
August 2013	Hail	Vida	-	Public reported golf ball sized hail.
July 2011	Hail	Vida	-	Mainly pea-sized hail stones with some quarter-sized stones.
July 2011	Hail	Vida	-	Public estimated golf ball-sized hail stones.
July 2011	Hail	Vida	-	Spotter estimated quarter-sized hail stones.
July 2011	Flash Flood	Vida	-	Water reported covering Mendenhall Road southwest of Wolf Point.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Vida	-	Law enforcement official estimated wind speeds around 60 mph.
August 2011	Hail	Vida	-	Spotter reported slushy penny-sized stones.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Vida	-	Spotter estimated 70 to 80 mph wind gusts.
July 2011	Hail	Vida	-	Public estimated tennis ball-sized hail stones.
July 2010	Hail	Vida	-	Winds of up to 50 mph were also reported along with the 2.5 hail.
June 2010	Hail	Vida	-	Five miles southwest of Vida, the crops were laying flat with almost 100% loss.
August 2010	Heavy Rain	Vida	-	Three inches of water was observed over Highway 528 at mile marker 9.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Vida	-	Pea size hail also fell.
June 2010	Hail	Vida	-	Small tree branches were observed falling out of the tree. Rotation in the clouds were also reported.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Vida	-	Heavy rain was also reported.
August 2009	Heavy Rain	Vida	-	Rainfall of 1.75 inches occurred with this storm.
July 2009	Hail	Vida	-	Quarter-size hail and 40 mph winds dented vehicles.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Vida	-	Spotter estimated wind gusts in excess of at least 60 mph.
June 2008	Hail	Vida	-	The hail ranged from pea to quarter size.
June 2008	Heavy Rain	Vida	-	Rainfall in 30 minutes was measured at 1.82 inches.
June 2008	Flash Flood	Vida	-	Shallow water was reported running over the road.
July 2007	Hail	Vida	-	The hail was accompanied by 40 to 50 mph wind and heavy rainfall.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Vida	-	See entire episode narrative for full details.
June 2007	Hail	Vida	-	See entire episode narrative for full details.
June 2007	Hail	Vida	-	See entire episode narrative for full details.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Vida	-	Four inch diamter tree limbes were floating down the road in high water.
June 2007	Hail	Vida	-	The hail ranged in size from marble to quarter.
September 2007	Hail	Vida	-	Estimated 1 hail fell briefly.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Vida	-	65 mph wind gust reported at Vida.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Vida	-	60 mph wind reported at Vida.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Vida	-	60 mph wind reported by spotter 10 miles south of Vida.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Vida	-	86 mph wind reported by spotter 10 miles southwest of Vida.

Every storm recorded in McCone 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Presserville (historical)	0.2 miles	5
Sand Creek (historical)	9.0 miles	5
Hamblin (historical)	13.5 miles	5
Pleasant Valley (historical)	16.2 miles	6
Nickwall	17.9 miles	6
Prairie Elk (historical)	19.9 miles	5
Prairie Elk Colony	20.5 miles	7
Redwater (historical)	21.3 miles	5

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 Vida	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7927618	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 778024. 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.