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Bloomfield, Montana

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Richey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59315. The Survey maps it on the Bloomfield quadrangle. 6 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,615 feet above sea level.

Bloomfield within Dawson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

4 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Bloomfield between 2016 and 2019, burning about 105 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
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresEastern Land OfficeSVENVOLD
20 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use90 acresEastern Land OfficeMIDDLE - DAWSON
8 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use13 acresEastern Land OfficeWALKER
29 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresDawson CountyKOLBERG - DAWSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dawson County

Storms near this place

60 of 75 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bloomfield in 75 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 44 thunderstorm wind, 29 hail, 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2000Thunderstorm WindBloomfield$250,000A severe thunderstorm brought damaging winds and hail to central portions of Dawson County. The areas hardest hit extended from Lindsay to Bloomfield. In many areas crops were a total loss. Several barns were blown down damaging equipment and machinery.
May 2007HailBloomfield$62,000Hail ranged from quarter size to two inches. Southwest side of home received window and vinyl siding damage. Double paned windows shattered on living room floor. Trees on property shredded from hail.
June 1997HailBloomfield$5,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Reported at the Bloomfield, MT station.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-A 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at the Bloomfield Mesonet Station (GW0525).
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-The GW0525 Bloomfield mesonet site (G0525) measured a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-The GW0525 Bloomfield mesonet station (G0525) measured a 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
September 2024HailBloomfield-A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of golf balls.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-The GW0525 Bloomfield mesonet site (G0525) measured a 61 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2023HailBloomfield-The public reported hail up to the size of ping pong balls.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-The public reported an estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-The GW0525 Bloomfield mesonet site (G0525) measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Trained spotter reported thunderstorm wind gust damage via Facebook: House soffit three feet in length was torn of a house; a dead tree was blown over; and live tree branches were downed.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Public reported thunderstorm wind gust damage via Facebook: Windows were broken; crops and gardens were damaged; and pine trees were toppled.
June 2021HailBloomfield-Trained spotter reported, via Facebook, hail up to the size of golf balls. Time estimated by radar.
June 2019HailBloomfield-Trained spotter reported golf ball size hail, and damaged crops.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Trained spotter reported 60 mph wind gusts.
May 2018HailBloomfield-Public reported hail up to the size of ping pong balls and heavy rain.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Trained spotter reported two large doors on a 150-foot quonset blown in and part of the fabric roof torn off. Time estimate from radar imagery.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-A trained spotter experienced winds associated with a severe thunderstorm estimated at 55 to 60 mph. The spotter observed that the town of Lambert 5 miles to the north appeared to be covered white with hail.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Trained spotter measured a 62 mph wind gust along with pea sized hail.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Trained spotter reported damaged buildings and grain bins tipped over from 80 mph winds.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Bloomfield mesonet site measured 75 mph winds.
July 2014HailBloomfield-Trained spotter reported mostly quarter-sized hail with some golf ball sized-hail.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Trained spotter reported a 60 mph wind gust with pea-sized hail.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Trained spotter measured a 72 mph wind gust.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Trained spotter measured an 80 mph wind gust to update their previous report of 72 mph at 850 pm.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Trained spotter estimated a 60 mph wind gust with some pea-sized hail.
July 2013HailBloomfield-Trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail covering the ground with leaves shredded from trees.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Trained spotter measured a wind gust of 72.5 mph.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Trained spotter measured a 66 mph wind gust.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Trained spotter reported wind gusts up to 83 mph.
August 2011HailBloomfield-Public reported mainly pea-sized hail stones with a few quarter-sized stones. Heavy rain also reported.
August 2010HailBloomfield-Slushy dime size hail pieces and smaller. 50 mph wind also accompanied the hail.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Public estimated 60 mph wind gust.
June 2010Heavy RainBloomfield-Spotter observed water running off of the yard with large puddles visible in the wheat field.
September 2009HailBloomfield-Hail covered deck without much wind.
July 2009HailBloomfield-Dime to quarter-size hail fell.
September 2009HailBloomfield-The hail fell for about five minutes with only 0.30 inches of rainfall.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Farm barrels were picked up by the wind and tossed across the property.
May 2007HailBloomfield-Some nickel size hail, but mostly pea size.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Small tree branches scattered on lawn.
June 1997Flash FloodBloomfield-Heavy rain caused wash outs on numerous secondary roads.
August 2011HailBloomfield-no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-no account filed
August 2009Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-no account filed
June 2008HailBloomfield-no account filed
June 2008HailBloomfield-no account filed
June 2008HailBloomfield-no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-no account filed
June 2006HailBloomfield-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-no account filed
July 2005HailBloomfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dawson 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
Red Top5.6 miles7
Richey18.0 miles5
Lindsay18.2 miles6
Stipek19.2 miles7
Mink (historical)19.4 miles6
Corral Creek (historical)21.0 miles6
Landtsheim (historical)21.0 miles7
Intake22.5 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 BloomfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16843325The 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 780133. 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.