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Yegen, Montana

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Laurel census division. It stands on Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Yegen quadrangle.

Yegen within Yellowstone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

96 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Yegen between 1994 and 2020, burning about 5,379 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined76
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks4
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreYellowstone County2908 LAMPMAN DR.
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresYellowstone CountySE 1121 SHILOH BLVD. CROSSING
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresYellowstone CountySE 1121 SHILOH CROSSING BLVD
4 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern Land Officenot named
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land Office28TH
2 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeMONTCLAIR
10 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeGRANGER AVENUE WEST
9 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreYellowstone County1270 24TH S. WEST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yellowstone County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Yegen: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Buff Clay PitClayPast Producer
Tenny BentoniteClayOccurrence
Unnamed Bentonite LocationClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Yellowstone County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yegen in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2014: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
September 2013Thunderstorm WindYegen-Tree branches 3 to 4 inches in diameter were littered across an apartment complex.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindYegen-Multiple power poles near the intersection of King Avenue West and Shiloh Road were knocked down due to a microburst. As a result, thousands of West End homes and businesses lost power. The thunderstorm knocked down eight poles and left about 5,200 customers and two substations without power. One of the large poles snapped about 10 feet above the ground, dragging down other power poles and light poles along the road.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindYegen-A thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 60 mph was reported 9 miles west of Billings.
May 2014HailYegen-no account filed
September 2013HailYegen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yellowstone 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
Hesper4.8 miles11
Mossmain5.4 miles11
Cameron Park5.7 miles11
Baseline6.0 miles11
Rimrock6.9 miles11
Billings7.7 miles11
Laurel8.7 miles11
Billings Heights11.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 778728. 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.