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Alzada, Montana

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Alzada-Boyes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59311. It stands on Arkansas Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alzada quadrangle. 25 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,828 feet above sea level.

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Alzada within Carter County

Population over time

2 figures

Alzada fell from 29 to 25 between 2010 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
201029
202025-4 (-14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Alzada between 1996 and 2017, burning about 1,459 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2007Equipment and vehicle use1,370 acresMiles City Field OfficeFIVE MILE
7 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
2 August 2016Naturalunder an acreMiles City Field OfficeFIVE
15 August 2016Natural2.0 acresEastern Land OfficeHUBBARD - POWDER RIVER CO.
9 July 2016Natural38 acresMiles City Field OfficeFIVE MILE
10 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresEastern Land OfficeSTATE LINE
25 June 2016Natural8.0 acresEastern Land OfficeTHREE BAR - POWDER RIVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Alzada: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite, 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
Eastern Clay ProductsClayProspect
Foster MineClayPast Producer
Montana CreekBentoniteUnknown
UnknownBentoniteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Carter County

Storms near this place

60 of 93 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alzada in 93 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 62 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 3 funnel cloud, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1993HailAlzada$5,000no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindAlzada-Mesonet station mtalz at 2.3 E Alzada.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindAlzada-Recorded by weather station via mt dot.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindAlzada-A wind gust of 60 mph was reported in Alzada.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindAlzada-Shingles were torn off a roof.
March 2014FloodAlzada-The Little Missouri River was reported to be out of its banks causing minor flooding across low-lying areas from near Alzada to Albion and Capitol.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindAlzada-A wind gust of 60 mph was estimated 3 miles NW of Alzada.
July 2014HailAlzada-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindAlzada-Carter County dispatch reported an RV and another vehicle were blown off Highway 212 between mile markers 138 and 139.
June 2011HailAlzada-Extensive 1/4 to 1/2 hail...heavy rain and 50 mph wind gusts were also reported.
August 2011HailAlzada-Winds estimated at 50-60 mph were also reported.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindAlzada-Estimated winds of 75-80 mph was reported 7 miles north of Alzada. A 60 X 64 shed was picked up and destroyed sending it about 3/4 of a mile and scattered debris in all directions.
June 2010HailAlzada-Wind gusts up to 50 mph with hail from pea to golf ball size were reported.
May 2009HailAlzada-Mostly penny size hail with some quarter size hail were reported.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindAlzada-Alzada DOT reported a wind gust of 64 mph.
August 2008Funnel CloudAlzada-Two funnel clouds were reported in Alzada.
June 2008Flash FloodAlzada-Scattered debris, pasture flooded, fence line damaged, as well as brush and small trees were reported floating down a normally dry creek.
June 2008HailAlzada-Half dollar to golf ball size hail was reported on the ground.
August 2008Tornado (EF0)Alzada-Two funnel clouds were entwined into one and touched the ground.|Spotters were also able to see a debris cloud.
July 2007HailAlzada-Hail was reported to be covering the ground. In addition, numerous windows were broken.
July 2007Funnel CloudAlzada-A funnel cloud that possibly touched down briefly was reported just north of Alzada.
July 2007HailAlzada-Wind gusts to 60 mph also accompanied the hail.
June 2005HailAlzada-Winds gusting to 60 mph
July 2005Thunderstorm WindAlzada-Skirting blown off a double wide home and windows broken.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindAlzada-Measured from ultimeter just before the roof was blown off the bar...14 inch tree limbs down
November 2000Heavy RainAlzada-1.42 inches of rain overnight and turned to snow around 6am.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindAlzada-62 mph thunderstorm wind gust
May 1999HailAlzada-A spotter reported dime size hail while driving in open country.
July 1999HailAlzada-Spotter report of dime size hail.
August 1999HailAlzada-Spotter report of dime size hail.
June 1999HailAlzada-Spotter report of dime size hail.
August 1998HailAlzada-Marble to quarter sized hail was reported by a spotter.
July 1998HailAlzada-Two spotters reported golf ball sized hail.
June 2022HailAlzada-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindAlzada-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindAlzada-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindAlzada-no account filed
July 2020HailAlzada-no account filed
July 2020HailAlzada-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindAlzada-no account filed
May 2019HailAlzada-no account filed
July 2018HailAlzada-no account filed
July 2018HailAlzada-no account filed
July 2018HailAlzada-no account filed
May 2017HailAlzada-no account filed
June 2015HailAlzada-no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindAlzada-no account filed
June 2010HailAlzada-no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindAlzada-no account filed
May 2009HailAlzada-no account filed
August 2009HailAlzada-no account filed
August 2008HailAlzada-no account filed
August 2008HailAlzada-no account filed
July 2007HailAlzada-no account filed
June 2007HailAlzada-no account filed
June 2007HailAlzada-no account filed
August 2006HailAlzada-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindAlzada-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindAlzada-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindAlzada-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carter 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
Albion13.4 miles8
Hammond30.2 miles8
Ridge32.3 miles8
Ridgeway32.3 miles8
Capitol33.9 miles9
Boyes36.9 miles8
Belltower42.5 miles8
Prairie Dale (historical)46.8 miles8

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 AlzadaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3472450The 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 801990. 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.