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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Miles City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Baker quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Westmore quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2016Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | CEDAR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
25 since 2008Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Hail | Westmore | - | 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westmore | - | Nickel size hail was also reported. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westmore | - | 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westmore | - | A large water tank was torn out and thrown into a field. In addition, numerous tree limbs were down. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westmore | - | 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 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Westmore | - | Three funnel clouds came out of one cloud. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Westmore | - | 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 2009 | Flash Flood | Westmore | - | Four inches of rain in two hours with flooding over roads and bridges was reported. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Westmore | - | 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 2009 | Flash Flood | Westmore | - | Spotters reported 3.75 inches of rain in three hours with water flowing through fields and over roads. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Westmore | - | Wind gusts were also estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westmore | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Westmore | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Westmore | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Westmore | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westmore | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westmore | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Westmore | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westmore | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Westmore | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Westmore | - | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Hail | Westmore | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Westmore | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Westmore | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Westmore | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plevna | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Cabin Creek | 15.2 miles | 8 | |
| Baker | 20.5 miles | 8 | |
| MacKenzie (historical) | 22.2 miles | 8 | |
| Willard | 24.2 miles | 8 | |
| Ollie | 30.7 miles | 9 | |
| Webster | 35.8 miles | 8 | |
| Knobs (historical) | 44.9 miles | 8 |
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.




