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Brandenberg, Montana

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Rosebud census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59301. It stands on Joe Leg Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brandenberg quadrangle.

Brandenberg within Rosebud County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 6 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

26 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Brandenberg between 1996 and 2020, burning about 36,597 acres in total. 25 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
Natural25
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
7 September 2013Natural1.9 acresMiles City Field OfficeDIAMOND
4 September 2016Natural9.4 acresMiles City Field OfficeBEAVER CREEK
2 September 2020Natural34,527 acresRosebud CountySNIDER
10 September 2007Natural388 acresMiles City Field OfficeJOE LEG
31 August 2001Natural20 acresMiles City Field OfficeBIG JOHN
27 August 2020Natural104 acresCuster CountyTHANKFUL
24 August 2013Naturalunder an acreMiles City Field OfficeTRAIL
16 August 2000Naturalunder an acreMiles City Field OfficeBREWER

Every fire recorded in Rosebud County

Storms near this place

29 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brandenberg in 29 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 14 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 flash 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
August 2025Thunderstorm WindBrandenberg-Mesonet station mccm8 at Cow Creek.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBrandenberg-Tree damage and power out was reported.
June 2022HailBrandenberg-Some windows were broken due to strong winds.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindBrandenberg-Windows were broken due to wind-driven hail.
July 2019HailBrandenberg-One inch of rain fell in 20 minutes.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBrandenberg-Several cottonwood trees and a telephone pole were snapped.
May 2013FloodBrandenberg-Observations across the area indicated widespread 3 to 6 inches of rain fell across the area over the course of a few days. Emergency management reported that Home Creek along Highway 212 experienced some flooding. In addition, flooding of small streams and creeks occurred across the area along with debris flows on the Ash Creek burn scar area.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindBrandenberg-A wind gust of 65 mph was estimated north of Brandenberg.
May 2011FloodBrandenberg-Widespread flooding resulting in road closures occurred across the northern half of Rosebud County. Flooding in low lying areas along Reservation Creek west of Forsyth was reported. Across northwest Rosebud County, flooding on Home Creek resulted in significant water over Bascom Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBrandenberg-A wind gust estimated at 70 mph was reported 11 miles north of Brandenberg.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBrandenberg-1 to 2 foot diameter trees snapped 6 to 8 feet above the ground. Tin ripped off a roof. Windows broken.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBrandenberg-no account filed
August 2019HailBrandenberg-no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindBrandenberg-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBrandenberg-no account filed
June 2016HailBrandenberg-no account filed
July 2016HailBrandenberg-no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindBrandenberg-no account filed
June 2015HailBrandenberg-no account filed
June 2015HailBrandenberg-no account filed
May 2014HailBrandenberg-no account filed
May 2010HailBrandenberg-no account filed
July 2008HailBrandenberg-no account filed
July 2008HailBrandenberg-no account filed
June 2006HailBrandenberg-no account filed
June 2006Flash FloodBrandenberg-no account filed
July 2001HailBrandenberg-no account filed
August 2000HailBrandenberg-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindBrandenberg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rosebud 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
Lee (historical)9.1 miles6
Signal Butte (historical)11.3 miles6
Wood Place12.0 miles8
Ashland15.4 miles9
Crain Place16.2 miles8
Colstrip21.2 miles6
Sabra (historical)22.0 miles8
Hopsonville (historical)23.1 miles6

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.

Wikidata item Q122562225The 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 802054. 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.