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Absarokee, Montana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Absarokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59001. It stands on Rosebud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Absarokee quadrangle. 1,000 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,039 feet above sea level.

Absarokee within Stillwater County

On record in Absarokee

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Population over time

3 figures

Absarokee fell from 1,234 to 1,000 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20001,234
20101,150-84 (-7%)
20201,000-150 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

8 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Absarokee between 2017 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStillwater CountyFIRE 1052
2 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresStillwater CountyBUCK CREEK RD
1 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStillwater County19-7072
8 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land OfficePILE
26 July 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeBROKEN HORN
26 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land Office16 BUCK CREEK
10 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStillwater County19-5041
20 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land Office225 SOUTH MONTANA AVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stillwater 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 Absarokee: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Stillwater County

Storms near this place

18 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Absarokee in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 7 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 2 flash flood. 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
March 2019FloodAbsarokee$804,000Many roads along the foothills were washed out or severely damaged due to rain and snowmelt on top of ground that remained frozen. Approximately 12 roads were damaged, 9 of which had to be closed. The county applied for a disaster declaration due to the extent of the damage. Damage amounts totaled $804,387.00.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindAbsarokee$25,000A strong microburst knocked down two 50 foot cottonwood trees. One tree hit power lines and cut power to two houses. The gusty winds caused considerable crop damage near Absarokee. Some minor damage was sustained by homes and businesses.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindAbsarokee-Winds gusted to 58 mph near Fishtail.
June 2023Flash FloodAbsarokee-Law enforcement reported flooding in Absarokee.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindAbsarokee-A wind gust of 58 mph was recorded 12 miles south of Columbus.
May 2018Flash FloodAbsarokee-Very heavy thunderstorms produced 2 to 4 inches of rain in a short period of time across the area. There were numerous reports of water flowing down and across roads, as well as a mud slide along portions of the Stillwater River Road between Columbus and Absarokee.
March 2014FloodAbsarokee-County officials reported that some streams and creeks were running high, and in some areas, water was running over roadways and flooding fields. Some roads became impassable.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindAbsarokee-Uprooted evergreen tree and awning blown off house
August 2005Thunderstorm WindAbsarokee-Co-op Observer driving northeast of Absarokee noticed numerous tree limbs down along highway 78.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindAbsarokee-Heavy lawn furniture tossed from deck
June 2001HailAbsarokee-1.25 inch hail. Hailstorm lasted from 7:05 pm to 713 pm.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindAbsarokee-no account filed
August 2024HailAbsarokee-no account filed
July 2018HailAbsarokee-no account filed
July 2018HailAbsarokee-no account filed
August 2005HailAbsarokee-no account filed
July 2001HailAbsarokee-no account filed
July 1996HailAbsarokee-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stillwater 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
Fishtail5.7 miles12
Craver12.6 miles14
Springtime12.6 miles14
Columbus12.9 miles14
Reed Point14.1 miles15
Beehive15.0 miles14
Dean15.4 miles14
Nye20.3 miles17

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 AbsarokeeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q832600The 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 801981. 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.