Brockton, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Fort Peck Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59213. The Survey maps it on the Brockton quadrangle. 358 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,985 feet above sea level.
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Population over time
2 figuresBrockton grew from 255 to 358 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 | 255 | |
| 2020 | 358 | +103 (+40%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1914 USGS Brockton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Brockton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Culbertson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
151 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Brockton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,070 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 16 were 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 | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.2 acres | Fort Peck Agency | CIRCLE DR |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 3 September 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 36 acres | Fort Peck Agency | WHEAT |
| 29 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Fort Peck Agency | 9.5INDHWY |
| 29 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fort Peck Agency | 12.5INDHWY |
| 29 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 23 acres | Fort Peck Agency | BENDER |
| 25 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.5 acres | Fort Peck Agency | POLES LINES |
| 24 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Peck Agency | BROCKTON 4 |
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 Brockton: 9 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Bentonite | Bentonite | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
59 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brockton in 59 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 33 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockton | $1,250,000 | 14 cars of a freight train were blown off the tracks approximately 1 mile east of Brockton. See the event narrative below. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Brockton | $50,000 | Approximately 5 inches of rain fell in less than two hours over the Brockton area. Flash flooding caused propane tanks to float through town and portions of Hwy 2 were closed due to water covering the road. Several men had to be rescued from their car after it was swept off of the road in flood water. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockton | $25,000 | Spotter reported that the roof was blown off a pole barn and two walls of the pole barn had collapsed. |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Brockton | $10,000 | Water was running over Highway 344. The highway was closed to traffic. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockton | $1,000 | The wind caused an air conditioner to be knocked out of a window. A tree branch broke and caused a window to be broken. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Brockton | - | A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of quarters. The spotter also reported 30 to 40 mph wind gusts. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Brockton | - | Public reported, via Facebook, golf ball size hail. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Brockton | - | Public reported quarter size hail and a damaged outdoor swing set. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Brockton | - | Trained spotter reported half dollar size hail. |
| March 2017 | Flood | Brockton | - | Roosevelt County dispatch reported water from Box Elder Creek running over US Highway 2 between mile markers 628 and 629, near the intersection with BIA route 1, approximately 2 to 3 miles east of Brockton. Times are estimated. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockton | - | Public report, via social media, of a camper overturned and 2 teepees collapsed during a Native American pow wow outdoor celebration. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Brockton | - | Public reported penny-sized hail. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockton | - | No significant damage occurred. Spotter reported 1.55 of rainfall. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockton | - | No significant damage noted. Some small hail fell as well. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockton | - | Spotter estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Brockton | - | A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail 16 miles north of Brockton in McCone County. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Brockton | - | Spotter estimated quarter-sized hail stones. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Brockton | - | Observer reported quarter-sized hail stones along with 40 to 50 mph winds and measured 0.71 inches of rain. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Brockton | - | One inch hail mixed with heavy rain on Highway 2. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Brockton | - | One inch size hail with pea size hail also mixed in. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Brockton | - | Spotter observed hail ranging in size from small marbles to golfball size. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockton | - | Anchored swing set blown over. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Brockton | - | The hail ranged from pea to half inch resulting in extensive damage to a wheat field. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Brockton | - | The hail covered the ground. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Brockton | - | The hail ranged in size from pea to penny. A half inch of rain fell in 25 minutes. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Brockton | - | The hail ranged in size from pea to nickel. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockton | - | The wind was accompanied by pea sized hail. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockton | - | The wind was accompanied by pea sized hail. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Brockton | - | The hail was mostly nickel to quarter size, with a few golfball sized stones. 1.25 inches of rain fell in 40 minutes. There was some crop damage. |
| May 2006 | Flash Flood | Brockton | - | Very heavy rain fell during a 2 1/2 hour period during the pre-dawn hours. Seven inches of rain was measured at the Brockton grain elevator on the south side of town. 4.68 inches of rain was measured on the north side of town. The heavy rainfall was very localized with no rain at all 10 miles north of town and only 2 tenths of an inch 6 miles east of town. Ditches were full of water with standing water in fields. There was some basement flooding reported in a couple of homes on the south side of town. U.S. Highway 2 was briefly closed as water was flowing across the highway. |
| June 2006 | Heavy Rain | Brockton | - | 2 inches of rain fell in less than an hour. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockton | - | Trees downed on two houses. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockton | - | The strong wind lasted for about 20 minutes. See the event narrative below. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockton | - | See the event narrative below. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockton | - | The west side of the roof of a home was destroyed. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockton | - | 60 mph wind gust with hail reported by spotter 17 miles north of Brockton. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Brockton | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Brockton | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Brockton | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Brockton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Brockton | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockton | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Brockton | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Brockton | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockton | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockton | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brockton | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Brockton | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Brockton | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Brockton | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Brockton | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Brockton | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Brockton | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Brockton | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Brockton | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Brockton | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Brockton | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Brockton | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Brockton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calais | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Sprole | 8.3 miles | 6 | |
| Deertail Indian Village (historical) | 9.1 miles | 6 | |
| Fort Kipp | 10.7 miles | 7 | |
| Anderson | 13.4 miles | 7 | |
| Boyd (historical) | 13.9 miles | 7 | |
| Slab Crossing | 14.9 miles | 8 | |
| Poplar | 15.1 miles | 6 |
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 Brockton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q966053 | 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 769244. 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.




