Black Eagle, Montana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Great Falls North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59414. It lies near Smelter Hill. The Survey maps it on the Northwest Great Falls quadrangle. 949 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,379 feet above sea level.
On record in Black Eagle
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.
Tenth Street Bridgelisted 1996 · 0.6 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresBlack Eagle grew from 904 to 949 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 904 | |
| 2020 | 949 | +45 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1886 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Northwest Great Falls quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1976 USGS Great Falls North quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
29 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Black Eagle between 2000 and 2019, burning about 330 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined | 10 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central Land Office | BLACK EAGLE |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cascade County | 57 COMMAND |
| 1 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | MONARCH |
| 29 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 25 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Central Land Office | BLACK EAGLE |
| 23 August 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 40 acres | Central Land Office | BLACK EAGLE |
| 19 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | VAUGHN |
| 17 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 264 acres | Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge | WILSON RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Black Eagle: 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Copper, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Great Falls Refinery | Copper, Silver | Plant | ||
| Great Falls Bentonite | Bentonite | Unknown | ||
| Great Falls Slag Dump | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Treasurelite Shale Mine | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Johnson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kraus Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Montana Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Zook No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Black Eagle in 15 storm reports between 2006 and 2022: 6 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Eagle | - | Ambient weather sensor. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Eagle | - | Mesonet station KMTGREAT49 reported 52 knot wind gust. |
| August 2022 | Heavy Rain | Black Eagle | - | Total overnight rainfall. Total time estimated. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Black Eagle | - | Pictures submitted of large hail (1 inch) in Black Eagle. |
| July 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Black Eagle | - | Reported rotating wall cloud a few miles north of Great Falls. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Black Eagle | - | Trained spotter reported 1.75 inch (golf ball sized) hail 1 mile N of Black Eagle. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Black Eagle | - | Photos submitted of nearly 2 inch hail 4 miles N of Black Eagle. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Black Eagle | - | Public reported hail size of 1 inch near Black Eagle. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Eagle | - | A trained spotter provided a photo of a sizable tree limb snapped by thunderstorm wind gusts at the corner of 29th St North and Central Ave. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Eagle | - | Reports of a tree split and power line down near 19th St and Central. Several other limbs were down in the vicinity. Also, there were 5 to 6 inch diameter tree limbs down near 22nd Ave and Central. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Eagle | - | Strong winds knocked down some tree branches up to 33 inches in length. Estimated wind gust 58 mph. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Eagle | - | Measured in Black Eagle. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Black Eagle | - | Hail measuring 1.00 inches was reported in Great Falls, MT. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Black Eagle | - | Hail measuring 0.88 inches was reported in Great Falls, MT. |
| June 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Black Eagle | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Chicago (historical) | 0.2 miles | 16 | |
| Smelter Hill | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| North Great Falls (historical) | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Countryside Village | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Boston Heights (historical) | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Great Falls | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Johnstown (historical) | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Watson (historical) | 3.5 miles | 16 |
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 Black Eagle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q587040 | 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 802039. 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.






