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Wayne, Montana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Belt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59412. The Survey maps it on the Belt quadrangle.

Wayne within Cascade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

9 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Wayne between 2017 and 2020, burning about 44 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
23 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreCascade CountyMONARCH TWO DOT
9 July 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCentral Land OfficeBELT RURAL
30 July 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCascade CountySPRING CREEK
13 July 2019Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreCascade CountyFIFE FIRE
23 June 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresCentral Land OfficeBELT RURAL
14 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreCascade CountyBUMGARNER
28 January 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresCascade County202036
28 January 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresCascade County202037

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cascade County

Storms near this place

9 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wayne in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 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
July 2023HailWayne-Reports on social media of vehicles in Wayne being dented from large hail.
May 2023Heavy RainWayne-Rainfall of 1.88 inches fell overnight at station FW2944 BELT.
May 2023Heavy RainWayne-Spotter reported 1.93 inches of rain that fell during the evening and overnight hours.
July 2022HailWayne-Report from Mping.
July 2022HailWayne-Report from MPING for 1 inch hail.
June 2021Funnel CloudWayne-Cold air funnel reported 4 miles east of observers location. Photo provided on Twitter.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWayne-Wind gust of 50 kts/58 mph measured.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindWayne-Sensor measured 58 mph wind gust.
May 2011FloodWayne-Flooding of Belt Creek in the town of Armington with several buildings and homes either threatened or under water. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks closed several Fishing Access sites in the Ulm, Craig and Great Falls area along the Smith and Missouri Rivers.

Every storm recorded in Cascade 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
Fife3.5 miles15
Belt4.2 miles15
Belton (historical)4.9 miles15
Armington6.0 miles15
Box Elder (historical)7.0 miles15
Rogers7.3 miles16
Armington Junction7.3 miles15
Belt Creek7.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802232. 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.