Wade, Montana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the East Carbon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59014. The Survey maps it on the Wade quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Wade quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Bridger quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Wade between 1992 and 2017, burning about 975 acres in total. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | LAST DAY |
| 7 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Billings Field Office | HIGHWAY 310 2 |
| 6 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Billings Field Office | HIGHWAY 310 1 |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Crow Agency | BIG BULL |
| 4 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Miles City Field Office | WORK TEAM |
| 5 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Billings Field Office | HWY 310 |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | MARKER |
| 24 August 1996 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | SCHWEND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Wade: 5 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daisy Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Unknown | ||
| Jay Kay Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Unknown | ||
| Bridger Creek | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Red Dome Area | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Unnamed Uranium | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wade in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Lightning | Wade | 1 killed | Carbon County officials reported that a rancher was struck and killed by lightning in the Pryor Mountains. The Sheriff's department said a 54-year-old man was rounding up cattle for branding at a ranch about 12 miles east of Bridger when he and his horse were struck about 1:30 pm on June 11th. The man and his horse died at the scene. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Golden (historical) | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| Belfry | 9.9 miles | 12 | |
| Bridger | 10.7 miles | 10 | |
| Warren | 10.9 miles | 9 | |
| Cherry Springs (historical) | 13.6 miles | 10 | |
| Chance | 16.4 miles | 13 | |
| Fromberg | 16.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 778054. 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.




