BlockWindham, Montana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Stanford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59479. The Survey maps it on the Windham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1890 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000
- 1897 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Windham quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Belt quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Windham: 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Zinc, Lead, Clay, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August No. 2 Tunnel of Liberty Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead | Prospect | ||
| M&M Mines | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Clay | Clay | Unknown |
Storms near this place
13 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Windham in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windham | - | Measured by military AWOS site k1cm Charlie. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windham | - | Awos k1cm Charlie. |
| July 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Windham | - | Funnel cloud observed halfway to the ground to the northwest of the observers locations (5 miles SW of Windham). |
| August 2016 | Hail | Windham | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Windham 5SW. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Windham | - | Heavy rain of .62 inches reported. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Windham | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 0.75 inch hail near Windham. |
| September 2001 | Wildfire | Windham | - | Lost Fork/Monarch Fire Complex - Lewis and Clark National ForestDate Started: 9/3/2001Date Contained: 9/9/2001Size: 4515 acresCost: $1,700,000Cause of Ignition: Lost Fork Fire - Unknown Monarch Fire - Human Ignition (Children playing with cigarette lighter)Discussion: Two children playing with a cigarette lighter ignited the fire just outside of Monarch, MT (in southeastern Cascade county), while the cause of the Lost Fork fire (25 miles southwest of Windham in Judith Basin County) is unknown. The fires were fought as one complex in the Little Belt Mountains of central Montana (within the Lewis and Clark National Forest). The fires were contained in such a way as to keep them from destroying any of the homes in the area. No casualties were reported. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Windham | - | Reported by spotter in Windham. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Windham | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Windham | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windham | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Windham | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Windham | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lehigh | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Scholtztown | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Benchland | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Stanford | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Utica | 8.0 miles | 16 | |
| Philbrook (historical) | 10.9 miles | 11 | |
| Dover | 11.9 miles | 13 | |
| Moccasin | 12.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 778583. 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.
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.