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.
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 Willard quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 2016Regional 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 use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fallon County | HIDDEN WATER - FALLON |
| 23 July 2016 | Natural | 2.2 acres | Miles City Field Office | WILLARD |
| 12 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.5 acres | Eastern Land Office | HIDDEN |
| 1 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.1 acres | Fallon County | WILLARD - FALLON |
| 8 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fallon County | HIDDEN - FALLON |
| 27 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.2 acres | Eastern Land Office | LANDER |
| 26 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.6 acres | Fallon County | LANDER - FALLON |
| 26 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fallon County | DRY - FALLON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lame Jones Creek | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
27 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willard | - | Weather Station report. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willard | - | Mesonet station mteka Baker Mt-7 mp 14.2 . |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willard | - | Mesonet station Baker Mt-7 Mp 14.2. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (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 2014 | Hail | Willard | - | 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willard | - | Local sheriff estimated a gust of 80 mph. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willard | - | Buildings moved approximately 500 yards from original location...trees|down...shingles off patio roof and power out. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willard | - | No damage was reported. |
| July 1999 | Hail | Willard | - | Spotter report of quarter size hail. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willard | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Funnel Cloud | Willard | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Willard | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willard | - | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willard | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Willard | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willard | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willard | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Willard | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Willard | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Willard | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willard | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Willard | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Willard | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Willard | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Willard | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Willard | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Willard | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webster | 11.6 miles | 8 | |
| Baker | 12.8 miles | 8 | |
| Plevna | 17.4 miles | 8 | |
| MacKenzie (historical) | 18.4 miles | 8 | |
| Knobs (historical) | 20.8 miles | 8 | |
| Westmore | 24.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cabin Creek | 29.1 miles | 8 | |
| Ollie | 30.9 miles | 9 |
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 Willard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18012407 | The 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.




