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Belgrade, Montana

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Belgrade census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59714. The Survey maps it on the Belgrade quadrangle. 10,460 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,459 feet above sea level.

Belgrade within Gallatin County

On record in Belgrade

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 7 records

Population over time

2 figures

Belgrade grew from 7,389 to 10,460 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
20107,389
202010,460+3,071 (+42%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

39 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Belgrade between 2018 and 2020, burning about 4 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/undetermined26
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
17 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCuster County201062
17 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
17 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGallatin Countynot named
11 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhillips County201059
7 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGallatin Countynot named
31 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGallatin Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallatin County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Belgrade: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Gold. 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
Rader MineGoldPast Producer
Cazier QuarryStoneProducer
Cazier QuarryStonePast Producer
Balke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bar Land PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gardner Construction Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Gallatin County

Storms near this place

26 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belgrade in 26 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 wildfire, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 6 injuries. 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 2000WildfireBelgrade3 hurt, $160,000Maudlow/Toston fire - included Broadwater County, 81687 acres burned, 1 resident destroyed, 1 outbuilding destroyed, human caused, continued from August.
August 2000WildfireBelgrade3 hurt, $160,000Maudlow/Toston fire - included southeast Broadwater County, 81687 acres burned, 1 resident destroyed, 1 outbuilding destroyed, human caused, continued past August 31.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone Airport measured a 62 mph wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone Airport measured a 60 mph wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone Airport measured a 66 mph wind gust.
November 2025Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone Airport measured a 59 mph wind gust.
November 2025Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone Airport measured a 59 mph wind gust.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone Airport measured a severe gust.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone Airport measured a 62 kt gust. Blowing dust was also reported.
May 2023Funnel CloudBelgrade-Funnel cloud reported near Belgrade Softball Complex. Time and location estimated.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-Prolonged severe convective wind event recorded at KBZN ASOS. Severe wind gusts lasted for nearly 20 minutes.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-Asos kbzn Bozeman Yellowstone Airport.
July 2021HailBelgrade-Trained spotter at 5 SE Belgrade reported 3/4 inch diameter hail.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-A medium sized out building was flipped over by thunderstorm wind gusts, some tree damage was reported as well.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-Trained spotter measured a 52 kt (60 mph) thunderstorm wind gust.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-Non-Thunderstorm wind gust report from Belgrade. ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone airport.
August 2019HailBelgrade-A member of the public posted images of quarter to golf ball sized hail (1 to 1.5 inches in diameter) on the KBZK Facebook page. The time was estimated by radar.
August 2013HailBelgrade-Hail measuring 1.75 inches (golf ball sized) was reported 4 miles ESE of Belgrade, MT.
June 2010HailBelgrade-A thunderstorm dropped 2.75 inch diameter hail at Belgrade 4ESE. Hail damage was particularly severe in Bozeman. Montana State University reported up to 1000 windows damaged on campus with a repair estimate in excess of $100,000. The city of Bozeman also reported cleaning up nearly 5 tons of debris consisting of tress and tree limbs. State Farm representatives estimate that Gallatin Valley residents will submit a total of $60 million in claims resulting from the storm.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 58 mph at Belgrade 1NE (the Bozeman ASOS site).
July 2008Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 58 mph at the Bozeman ASOS site.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-A wind gust to 60 mph was reported at Belgrade.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 61 mph at Gallatin Field Airport (Belgrade 1E).
August 2004HailBelgrade-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindBelgrade-no account filed
June 1999HailBelgrade-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gallatin 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
Powers1.7 miles22
Cowan3.6 miles21
Nelsons Crossing (historical)4.1 miles20
Holland4.2 miles21
Dogtown (historical)4.7 miles21
Kerns4.8 miles21
Wisner Crossing5.0 miles23
Camona5.1 miles23

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 BelgradeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q815570The 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 768673. 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.