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Augusta, Montana

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59410. It lies near Kirkaldie Flats. The Survey maps it on the Augusta quadrangle. 316 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,068 feet above sea level.

Augusta within Lewis and Clark County

On record in Augusta

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Augusta grew from 309 to 316 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
2010309
2020316+7 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Augusta in 2017, burning under an acre 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
Recreation and ceremony1
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 June 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral Land OfficeAUGUSTA
1 November 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCentral Land OfficeAUGUSTA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis and Clark County

Storms near this place

30 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Augusta in 30 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 13 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 2 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
June 2022Heavy RainAugusta-Social media report.
July 2022HailAugusta-Photo on social media shows ground covering hail with up to quarter sized stones. Time estimated from radar.
July 2021HailAugusta-Forest service tower staff reported quarter sized hail (1 inch in diameter).
July 2021HailAugusta-Co-Op observer reported 1 inch hail.
May 2020Heavy RainAugusta-Trained spotter reports 24 hour (Tuesday 5/19 AM to Wednesday 5/20 AM) rainfall total of 1.5 inches.
May 2018HailAugusta-KRTV relayed report and pictures of quarter-size hail 1-mile SE of Augusta. Time of report was estimated via radar.
June 2018FloodAugusta-Report of 8 to 12-inches of floodwater along Main Street in Augusta due to Elk Creek overflowing its banks.
March 2014FloodAugusta-County emergency managers and law enforcement reported numerous are of water flowing across roads and ponding in poor drainage areas.
June 2013HailAugusta-Severe hail measuring 1.75 inches (approximately golf ball sized) was reported 17 miles WNW of Augusta, MT. Reports of vehicle and metal roof damage were also received.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindAugusta-Outflow winds produced a wind gust to 53KT (61MPH) 31 miles NW of Augusta.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindAugusta-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Augusta 2SW.
July 2010HailAugusta-A thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Augusta 18SE.
August 2009Flash FloodAugusta-Heavy rain from slow moving thunderstorms produced flash flooding near Crown Mountain in the Bob Marshall/Scapegoat Wilderness Area. The flash flooding produced a mudslide near the Crown Mountain trailhead which is located near Benchmark, off of Road 235.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindAugusta-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Augusta.
July 2008HailAugusta-A severe thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Augusta 18SE (Bowmans Corners).
July 2008Thunderstorm WindAugusta-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Augusta 18SE (Bowmans Corners).
June 2008Thunderstorm WindAugusta-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 61 mph at Augusta 21W.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindAugusta-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 65 mph at Augusta 4W.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindAugusta-Actual spotter location Augusta 7 W.
September 2000WildfireAugusta-Bunyan Point fire, 400 acres burned, lightning caused.
June 2020Heavy RainAugusta-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindAugusta-no account filed
June 2005HailAugusta-no account filed
June 2005HailAugusta-no account filed
June 2005HailAugusta-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindAugusta-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindAugusta-no account filed
June 1997HailAugusta-no account filed
June 1996HailAugusta-no account filed
June 1996HailAugusta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lewis and Clark 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
Gilman1.8 miles11
Split Rock Junction3.8 miles11
Racine Ford (historical)10.4 miles12
La Chapelle Place11.8 miles10
Upper Ellis Place12.6 miles10
Clemons (historical)12.9 miles10
Riebeling12.9 miles11
Milford Colony14.8 miles10

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 AugustaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q765490The 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 800366. 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.

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.