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Webster, Montana

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59313. The Survey maps it on the Webster quadrangle.

Webster within Fallon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

5 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Webster between 2015 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. 2 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 use3
Natural2

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
4 August 2018Natural2.2 acresEastern Land OfficeTRONSTAD
23 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEastern Land OfficeWHITNEY
13 August 2015Naturalunder an acreMiles City Field OfficeTRONSTAD
28 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFallon CountyJOHNSON - FALLON
14 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEastern Land OfficeWEBSTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fallon County

Storms near this place

26 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Webster in 26 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 16 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 tornado. 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 2011FloodWebster$375,000Significant small stream flooding across much of Fallon County. Numerous roads closed and eventually washed out with additional damage reported to several bridges. Water breached a small dam and a couple private holding ponds in the region. Significant erosion threatened the Waste Water Treatment Plant in Baker. Significant flooding reported on O'Fallon Creek where one spotter reported the highest levels on the stream in at least 58 years with over a foot of water covering much of their farmland. At the Boxelder and Horse Creek confluence, flood waters rushed over dikes and into hayfields. Floodwaters surrounded one house in that region. Damage estimates based on FEMA reviews and Individual Assistance approvals.
June 2025HailWebster-Facebook Report .
June 2025HailWebster-Hail report.
June 2025HailWebster-Hail report.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWebster-Estimated gust by a spotter.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWebster-Estimated by a spotter.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWebster-Tree damage reported with estimated maximum branch diameter of 5 inches.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindWebster-Tree limbs 12 inches in diameter were broken out of trees.
July 2016Tornado (EF0)Webster-Several people reported a funnel cloud form and touchdown with obvious debris/dust/dirt picked up on top of a hill.
July 2011HailWebster-Damage to cars, house windows and shingles was reported.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindWebster-A thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 60 mph was reported 8 miles ESE of Webster.
June 2005HailWebster-Numerous penny size hail stones mixed with half dollar size hail stones
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWebster-no account filed
July 2022HailWebster-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWebster-no account filed
July 2016HailWebster-no account filed
July 2011HailWebster-no account filed
August 2011Thunderstorm WindWebster-no account filed
July 2011HailWebster-no account filed
July 2011HailWebster-no account filed
July 2011HailWebster-no account filed
June 2009HailWebster-no account filed
July 2009HailWebster-no account filed
August 2009HailWebster-no account filed
August 2007HailWebster-no account filed
June 2006HailWebster-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fallon 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
Knobs (historical)9.8 miles8
Willard11.6 miles8
Baker21.6 miles8
MacKenzie (historical)25.7 miles8
Plevna28.9 miles8
Westmore35.8 miles8
Ollie37.6 miles9
Cabin Creek39.6 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 767920. 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.