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Willard, 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 59354. The Survey maps it on the Willard quadrangle. It stands 3,317 feet above sea level.

Willard 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

10 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Willard between 2016 and 2020, burning about 27 acres 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
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
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
28 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFallon CountyHIDDEN WATER - FALLON
23 July 2016Natural2.2 acresMiles City Field OfficeWILLARD
12 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use4.5 acresEastern Land OfficeHIDDEN
1 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use6.1 acresFallon CountyWILLARD - FALLON
8 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFallon CountyHIDDEN - FALLON
27 June 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.2 acresEastern Land OfficeLANDER
26 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use7.6 acresFallon CountyLANDER - FALLON
26 June 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFallon CountyDRY - FALLON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fallon County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Willard: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lame Jones CreekUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Fallon County

Storms near this place

27 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willard in 27 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 12 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWillard-Weather Station report.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWillard-Mesonet station mteka Baker Mt-7 mp 14.2 .
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWillard-Mesonet station Baker Mt-7 Mp 14.2.
June 2015Tornado (EF0)Willard-A weak tornado was reported between Baker and Ekalaka during the late afternoon hours on the 21st. The tornado was on the ground for around a minute. It began roping out about 4 minutes later and its circulation appeared to fully cut off around 90 seconds after that.
July 2014HailWillard-Large hail resulted in severe damage to house and car windows, as well as an RV. Trees were stripped of leaves and some crops were destroyed.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindWillard-Local sheriff estimated a gust of 80 mph.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindWillard-Buildings moved approximately 500 yards from original location...trees|down...shingles off patio roof and power out.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindWillard-No damage was reported.
July 1999HailWillard-Spotter report of quarter size hail.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWillard-no account filed
June 2023Funnel CloudWillard-no account filed
June 2020HailWillard-no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWillard-no account filed
April 2018Thunderstorm WindWillard-no account filed
May 2018HailWillard-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWillard-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWillard-no account filed
July 2016HailWillard-no account filed
June 2015HailWillard-no account filed
September 2015HailWillard-no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWillard-no account filed
July 2011HailWillard-no account filed
July 2011HailWillard-no account filed
July 2009Funnel CloudWillard-no account filed
June 2002HailWillard-no account filed
June 2002HailWillard-no account filed
July 2001HailWillard-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
Webster11.6 miles8
Baker12.8 miles8
Plevna17.4 miles8
MacKenzie (historical)18.4 miles8
Knobs (historical)20.8 miles8
Westmore24.2 miles8
Cabin Creek29.1 miles8
Ollie30.9 miles9

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on WillardAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18012407The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 778507. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.