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Ashland, Montana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Ashland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59003. It stands on Otter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ashland quadrangle. 773 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,920 feet above sea level.

Ashland within Rosebud County

On record in Ashland

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 1 record

Population over time

3 figures

Ashland grew from 464 to 773 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
2000464
2010824+360 (+78%)
2020773-51 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

119 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Ashland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,433 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 8 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
Natural41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Debris and open burning19
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Arson/incendiarism8
Fireworks7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
9 September 1994Natural1.8 acresNorthern Cheyenne AgencyBIG D
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern Cheyenne AgencyRABBIT
4 September 2005Natural15 acresMiles City Field OfficeBLOXHAM RANCH
3 September 1994Natural10 acresMiles City Field OfficeASDEN
3 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthern Cheyenne AgencyGANDOLPH
28 September 1992Misuse of fire by a minor44 acresNorthern Cheyenne AgencyTANGO
25 September 2009Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNorthern Cheyenne AgencyRUSSIAN
25 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthern Cheyenne AgencyBLACK DOG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rosebud County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ashland: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Rosebud County

Storms near this place

55 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashland in 55 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 43 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 funnel cloud. 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
June 2022Thunderstorm WindAshland-Several large trees were downed and half of a roof was taken off of a house trailer.
July 2019HailAshland-Some vehicle damage was reported.
August 2013HailAshland-Glass patio furniture was destroyed by the hail.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindAshland-A thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was estimated just west of Ashland.
August 2013Flash FloodAshland-Very heavy rains from several thunderstorms during the late evening hours of the 1st into the early morning hours of the 2nd resulted in flash flooding across portions of the Ash Creek Burn Scar area around Highway 212 near mile marker 55. Rainfall was estimated to be around an inch in about a 30 min time period. In addition, a significant amount of small hail fell as well. Power outages also occurred as a result of the series of thunderstorms. Water around 4 inches deep flowed across the road bringing a significant amount of large pieces of burned wood, trash and silt.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindAshland-An estimated wind gust of 60 mph was reported 3 miles southeast of Ashland.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindAshland-4 inch Ash tree branches broken. Severe wind gusts occurred for a period of 20 minutes.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindAshland-Gusty winds blew down several trees on the Pow Wow grounds with additional tree branches of 6 inches or larger in diameter broken.
July 2005HailAshland-Gusty winds also reported with tree branches from 3-6 inches in diameter broken.
June 2001HailAshland-Hail covered the ground. Several broken windows.
June 2001HailAshland-Baseball size hail covered the ground on the north side of town. Multiple windows broken and some structural damage. A large thunderstorm moved over the town of Ashland, Montana at about 1 a.m. on the morning of June 30th. The storm reached a height more than 13 miles high or about 70 thousand feet. In addition to the baseball size hail...the storm produced winds up to 80 miles per hour. As a result...there were many smashed windows and windshields...as well as...trees stripped of branches, bark, and leaves. In addition...many birds were also knocked out of trees and killed. The St. Labre School in Ashland was damaged with many windows smashed.
June 2001Flash FloodAshland-Several roads washed out
July 2000Thunderstorm WindAshland-Wind damage with 70 mph wind gust.
July 1998Heavy RainAshland-A spotter reported one inch of rainfall in 28 minutes from a thunderstorm.
July 2019HailAshland-no account filed
July 2019HailAshland-no account filed
April 2018HailAshland-no account filed
April 2018HailAshland-no account filed
April 2018HailAshland-no account filed
April 2018HailAshland-no account filed
May 2018HailAshland-no account filed
June 2015HailAshland-no account filed
September 2015Thunderstorm WindAshland-no account filed
June 2014HailAshland-no account filed
May 2014HailAshland-no account filed
May 2014HailAshland-no account filed
May 2010HailAshland-no account filed
May 2010Funnel CloudAshland-no account filed
May 2010HailAshland-no account filed
May 2010Funnel CloudAshland-no account filed
June 2010HailAshland-no account filed
August 2009HailAshland-no account filed
July 2008HailAshland-no account filed
August 2008HailAshland-no account filed
August 2008HailAshland-no account filed
June 2008HailAshland-no account filed
June 2008HailAshland-no account filed
June 2008HailAshland-no account filed
June 2006HailAshland-no account filed
June 2006HailAshland-no account filed
June 2006HailAshland-no account filed
June 2006HailAshland-no account filed
June 2006HailAshland-no account filed
June 2006HailAshland-no account filed
June 2005HailAshland-no account filed
June 2005HailAshland-no account filed
June 2002HailAshland-no account filed
June 2002HailAshland-no account filed
July 2002HailAshland-no account filed
June 2001HailAshland-no account filed
July 2001HailAshland-no account filed
June 2001HailAshland-no account filed
June 2000HailAshland-no account filed
June 1996HailAshland-no account filed
May 1994HailAshland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rosebud 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
Wood Place12.0 miles8
Brandenberg15.4 miles6
Birney Day School16.1 miles9
Lee (historical)19.9 miles6
Lame Deer21.1 miles8
Birney22.8 miles7
Jimtown22.9 miles7
Saints Rest (historical)23.8 miles7

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 AshlandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q959290The 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 802003. 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.