Biddle, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the East Powder River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59314. It stands on Badger Creek. The Survey maps it on the Biddle quadrangle. 28 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,337 feet above sea level.
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On record in Biddle
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Cross Ranch Headquarterslisted 1996 · 0.9 miles away
Population over time
3 figuresBiddle fell from 61 to 28 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 61 | |
| 2010 | 41 | -20 (-33%) |
| 2020 | 28 | -13 (-32%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Biddle quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Broadus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Biddle between 1999 and 2018, burning about 96 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 2018 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | THOMPSON |
| 24 July 1999 | Natural | 75 acres | Miles City Field Office | BEAR SKULL |
| 20 July 2016 | Natural | 17 acres | Eastern Land Office | MONUMENT PEAK |
| 30 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Eastern Land Office | WILD BILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 87 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Biddle in 87 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 50 hail, 27 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1993 | Hail | Biddle | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Flash Flood | Biddle | $2,000 | Report of creeks flowing out of their banks. Fences were damaged and water tanks floated downstream. A few fields were flooded as well. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Biddle | - | Accumulating hail and heavy rain reported. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Biddle | - | Mesonet station mtbid at 6.2 S Biddle. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Biddle | - | Multiple tree branches down, up to 3 inches in diameter. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Biddle | - | Tree branches of 8 to 10 inches in diameter were broken. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Biddle | - | Some branches were downed but no significant damage was reported. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Biddle | - | Some branches were down but no significant damage. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Biddle | - | Tree limbs 6 inches in diameter were downed. Several out buildings were damaged. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Biddle | - | A new roof under construction was blown off a house. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Biddle | - | A wind gust of 78 mph was recorded in Biddle. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Biddle | - | In addition, a 6 inch diameter half of a tree fell on a roof. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Biddle | - | Five inch diameter tree limbs were broken. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Biddle | - | Half of a tree, 6 inches in diameter, fell on a roof. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Biddle | - | Several round hay bales were moved 200 yards. In addition, several tree limbs of 4 to 5 inches in diameter were downed several feet from the tree. |
| March 2014 | Flood | Biddle | - | County officials reported that a large ice jam formed on the Powder River about 13 miles southwest of Broadus. As a result, high water levels and some low land flooding occurred on portions of the Powder and Little Powder Rivers south of Broadus. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Biddle | - | A wind gust estimated at 65 mph was reported 10 miles north of Biddle. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Biddle | - | A wind gust of 70 mph was estimated 5 miles south of Biddle. This resulted in a small trailer home being destroyed. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Biddle | - | Flooding was reported at Wild Bill and Blacktail Creeks along Powder River. In addition, two roads were washed out south of Biddle near the Montana/Wyoming border. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Biddle | - | Golf ball size hail lasted for 15 minutes. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Biddle | - | Golf Ball size hail lasted for 15 minutes. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Biddle | - | The tornado touched down in the vicinity of Buffalo Creek Ranch about 1/2 mile west and 1/2 mile north of the intersection of Olmstead Road and Bay Horse Road, which is five miles south of the state line in Campbell County, Wyoming, and about 25 miles north of Recluse, Wyoming. There was some minor damage to a shop and barn, as well as, several trees downed. A few fence posts were pulled out and a grain bin was set on a flatbed trailer. There were homes near the tree damage, but the homes were not damaged. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Biddle | - | 60 mph wind gust |
| June 2001 | Hail | Biddle | - | Hail covered the ground |
| June 2001 | Hail | Biddle | - | Hail covered the ground. Some broken windows. |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Biddle | - | 2 inches of rain and pea size hail |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Biddle | - | Pea size hail and 1 inch of rain in 20 minutes |
| June 2000 | Hail | Biddle | - | Broken windows. Winds to 50 mph. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Biddle | - | 4 windows broken in house. Windshield smashed in pickup truck. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Biddle | - | 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Biddle | - | Nickel size hail and an 18 inch tree branch broken off due to a thunderstorm. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Biddle | - | Nickel size hail reported. |
| July 1999 | Hail | Biddle | - | Spotter report of dime size hail. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Biddle | - | Spotter estimated 60 mph wind gust. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Biddle | - | Spotter report of quarter size hail. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Biddle | - | Penny to nickel size hail was observed in Biddle. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Biddle | - | Spotter report of 60 mph wind gust. |
| July 1998 | Heavy Rain | Biddle | - | A spotter reported 0.80 inches of rainfall in 45 minutes. |
| July 1998 | Hail | Biddle | - | Several reports of dime to quarter sized hail in and around Biddle. |
| July 1998 | Heavy Rain | Biddle | - | A spotter reported an inch of rainfall in 15 minutes. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Biddle | - | Large branches down. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Biddle | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Biddle | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Biddle | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Biddle | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Biddle | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Biddle | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Biddle | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Biddle | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Biddle | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Biddle | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Biddle | - | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Hail | Biddle | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Biddle | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Biddle | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Biddle | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Biddle | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Biddle | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Biddle | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Biddle | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belle Creek | 12.4 miles | 8 | |
| Bay Horse | 12.7 miles | 8 | |
| Moores (historical) | 18.0 miles | 8 | |
| Broadus | 24.0 miles | 8 | |
| Moorhead | 28.3 miles | 8 | |
| Epsie | 31.7 miles | 8 | |
| Olive | 32.7 miles | 7 | |
| Sonnette | 33.9 miles | 10 |
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 Biddle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4904056 | The 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 802029. 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.





