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Bredette, Montana

5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Fort Peck Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59255. The Survey maps it on the Bredette quadrangle.

Bredette within Roosevelt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 5 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

10 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Bredette between 1994 and 2017, burning about 450 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 September 1994Natural2.0 acresFort Peck AgencyHAWBAKER
9 September 1994Natural2.0 acresFort Peck AgencyWEST FORK
8 September 1998Natural5.0 acresFort Peck AgencyHABAKKER
24 September 2004Debris and open burning12 acresFort Peck AgencyTONG
24 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use241 acresFort Peck AgencyCONFUSION
11 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFort Peck AgencyHWY 250
30 July 2006Natural171 acresFort Peck AgencyO'BRIEN
4 May 2017Equipment and vehicle use10 acresNortheastern Land Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Roosevelt County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bredette: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Roosevelt County

Storms near this place

36 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bredette in 36 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 20 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 heavy rain, 2 funnel cloud. 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
July 2013Thunderstorm WindBredette$50,000A well built, newer Morton Building had part of the roof peeled off by rear-flank downdraft winds from a tornadic supercell. The EF-2 tornado was two miles south of this location.
July 2008HailBredette$2,000A measured wind gust to 53 mph blew off part of the house siding.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindBredette$1,000A window was broken and minor damage occurred to the home's deck.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindBredette-The Bredette NE Montana Climate Office mesonet site (BDEM8) recorded a 64 mph wind gust.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBredette-Wind gust was observed about 4 miles northeast of Bredette (US Climate Reference Network).
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBredette-Public reported, via Facebook, their personal weather station measured an 83 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
September 2024Funnel CloudBredette-The public reported a funnel cloud near the intersection of West Lake Road and Flat Center Road or near 8 SE Bredette.
September 2024Funnel CloudBredette-The public reported, via Facebook, a funnel cloud just west of Medicine Lake.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindBredette-Public reported, via Facebook, a measured thunderstorm wind gust of 78 mph. A picture of their weather station was included showing the measurement.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBredette-Public reported grain bins rolled, outbuildings damaged, and power poles knocked down.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBredette-Trained spotter reported wind damage to their home. A few shingles were blown off and the soffit was broke loose. Time is estimated.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindBredette-At the McDonalds MT-13 DOT site (MTMCD), a 64 mph wind gust was recorded.
June 2019Heavy RainBredette-Public measured at least 3.76 inches of rain.
June 2019Heavy RainBredette-Public measured 4.12 inches of rain. Final storm end total.
June 2015HailBredette-Trained spotter reported penny-sized hail.
September 2014HailBredette-Trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindBredette-Trained spotter reported 60 mph wind gusts.
September 2014HailBredette-Trained spotter reported nickel-sized hail.
July 2013HailBredette-Trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBredette-Public estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph and reported a television antenna bent in half.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBredette-Public estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBredette-Spotter #7733 estimated wind gusts up to 65 mph.
June 2012HailBredette-A trained spotter reported penny sized hail covering the ground about 1 inch deep and some water running in the fields due to heavy rain about 10 miles east-northeast of Bredette in Roosevelt County.
August 2012HailBredette-Public reported ping pong ball-sized hail stones.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBredette-Spotter reported an estimated 60 mph wind gust.
July 2011HailBredette-Spotter reported hen egg-sized hail stones covering the ground.
August 2011HailBredette-Spotter reported small amounts of penny-sized hail stones.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindBredette-Spotter estimated wind gusts of 70 mph.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindBredette-Spotter estimated the wind gust.
July 2008HailBredette-The hail ripped off small tree branches.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindBredette-60 mph wind reported by spotter 18 miles east of Bredette.
August 2008HailBredette-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindBredette-no account filed
June 2003HailBredette-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindBredette-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindBredette-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Roosevelt 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
Benrud (historical)13.0 miles6
Biem19.0 miles7
Anderson22.4 miles7
Volt23.6 miles6
Chelsea25.8 miles6
Poplar27.6 miles6
Macon29.7 miles6
Sprole30.2 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 Q122569726The 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 802057. 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.