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Westmore, Montana

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Plevna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59336. The Survey maps it on the Westmore quadrangle.

Westmore 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

1 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Westmore in 2016, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 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
Natural1

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
8 August 2016Natural1.0 acresEastern Land OfficeCEDAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fallon County

Storms near this place

25 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westmore in 25 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 11 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015HailWestmore-Golf ball to tennis ball size hail 3 to 4 inches deep was reported along the road. Trees were completely stripped bare like winter time. Roadside reflectors were completely shattered all along Highway 12 at mile marker 55.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWestmore-Nickel size hail was also reported.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWestmore-Fifteen inch diameter trees in a shelter belt were snapped. In addition, one shed in the shelter belt had a door shredded and another shed lost its roof.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWestmore-A large water tank was torn out and thrown into a field. In addition, numerous tree limbs were down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWestmore-A roof was blown off an old trailer house. Windows were blown out and holes were in the siding from wind-driven hail. Trees were also blown down with some branches stuck into the side of the house. In addition, a horse trailer rolled 50 to 70 yards.
June 2014Funnel CloudWestmore-Three funnel clouds came out of one cloud.
June 2014Flash FloodWestmore-The public reported that 4.5 inches of rain fell during a thunderstorm. Several county roads had gravel stripped off of them due to flowing water and stock dams overflowed with water inundating fields.
June 2009Flash FloodWestmore-Four inches of rain in two hours with flooding over roads and bridges was reported.
June 2009Flash FloodWestmore-Reports of a lot of water flowing across fields and ditches. Spillway on Spring Creek overflowed. 2.75 inches of rain in two hours was reported.
June 2009Flash FloodWestmore-Spotters reported 3.75 inches of rain in three hours with water flowing through fields and over roads.
August 2009HailWestmore-Wind gusts were also estimated at 60 mph.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWestmore-no account filed
June 2023HailWestmore-no account filed
July 2016HailWestmore-no account filed
June 2015HailWestmore-no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWestmore-no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWestmore-no account filed
July 2014HailWestmore-no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWestmore-no account filed
June 2014Funnel CloudWestmore-no account filed
June 2014HailWestmore-no account filed
September 2013HailWestmore-no account filed
August 2009HailWestmore-no account filed
June 2009HailWestmore-no account filed
July 2008HailWestmore-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
Plevna7.6 miles8
Cabin Creek15.2 miles8
Baker20.5 miles8
MacKenzie (historical)22.2 miles8
Willard24.2 miles8
Ollie30.7 miles9
Webster35.8 miles8
Knobs (historical)44.9 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 778325. 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.