BlockWagner, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Malta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59538. The Survey maps it on the Wagner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Havre quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Havre quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Havre quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Wagner quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Dodson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Wagner between 2008 and 2017, burning about 5,001 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5,000 acres | Northeastern Land Office | KATHRYN |
| 31 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wagner in 13 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wagner | - | Spotter reported pea sized hail, heavy rain, and estimated winds winds of 50 to 60 mph. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wagner | - | The mesonet site (MTM69), 3.6 E Wagner, measured a 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wagner | - | The Malta W MDA mesonet site (MTM69) measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph. |
| October 2016 | Flood | Wagner | - | The Milk River near Malta (MALM8) rose above its flood stage of 16 feet at 3:27 AM MST on October 6th, crested at 18.10 feet at 01:38 AM MST on October 7th, then fell back down below flood stage at 12:10 AM MST on October 8th. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Wagner | - | Estimated baseball size hail that was knocking horses over. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Wagner | - | Small streams rose out their banks due to heavy rains and above normal wet spring. |
| June 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Wagner | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Wagner | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Wagner | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wagner | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Wagner | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wagner | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Wagner | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dodson | 9.0 miles | 7 | |
| Malta | 10.8 miles | 8 | |
| Phillips | 19.6 miles | 7 | |
| Lost Lake (historical) | 21.5 miles | 7 | |
| Brookside (historical) | 23.5 miles | 7 | |
| East Malta Colony | 25.0 miles | 9 | |
| Bowdoin | 25.0 miles | 10 | |
| Old Whitcomb Place | 27.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 778057. 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.