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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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Brockton within Roosevelt County

Population over time

2 figures

Brockton 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.

YearPeople Change
2010255
2020358+103 (+40%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

151 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use21
Arson/incendiarism16
Debris and open burning15
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Smoking13
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural7
Fireworks7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
30 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.2 acresFort Peck AgencyCIRCLE DR
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresNortheastern Land Officenot named
3 September 2017Railroad operations and maintenance36 acresFort Peck AgencyWHEAT
29 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFort Peck Agency9.5INDHWY
29 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFort Peck Agency12.5INDHWY
29 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenance23 acresFort Peck AgencyBENDER
25 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution6.5 acresFort Peck AgencyPOLES LINES
24 September 2012Naturalunder an acreFort Peck AgencyBROCKTON 4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Roosevelt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed BentoniteBentoniteOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Roosevelt County

Storms near this place

59 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2005Thunderstorm WindBrockton$1,250,00014 cars of a freight train were blown off the tracks approximately 1 mile east of Brockton. See the event narrative below.
June 1998Flash FloodBrockton$50,000Approximately 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 2010Thunderstorm WindBrockton$25,000Spotter reported that the roof was blown off a pole barn and two walls of the pole barn had collapsed.
July 1998Flash FloodBrockton$10,000Water was running over Highway 344. The highway was closed to traffic.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBrockton$1,000The wind caused an air conditioner to be knocked out of a window. A tree branch broke and caused a window to be broken.
July 2023HailBrockton-A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of quarters. The spotter also reported 30 to 40 mph wind gusts.
July 2021HailBrockton-Public reported, via Facebook, golf ball size hail. Time estimated from radar.
July 2018HailBrockton-Public reported quarter size hail and a damaged outdoor swing set.
June 2018HailBrockton-Trained spotter reported half dollar size hail.
March 2017FloodBrockton-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 2016Thunderstorm WindBrockton-Public report, via social media, of a camper overturned and 2 teepees collapsed during a Native American pow wow outdoor celebration.
June 2015HailBrockton-Public reported penny-sized hail.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindBrockton-No significant damage occurred. Spotter reported 1.55 of rainfall.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindBrockton-No significant damage noted. Some small hail fell as well.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBrockton-Spotter estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph.
June 2012HailBrockton-A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail 16 miles north of Brockton in McCone County.
July 2012HailBrockton-Spotter estimated quarter-sized hail stones.
July 2011HailBrockton-Observer reported quarter-sized hail stones along with 40 to 50 mph winds and measured 0.71 inches of rain.
August 2010HailBrockton-One inch hail mixed with heavy rain on Highway 2.
July 2010HailBrockton-One inch size hail with pea size hail also mixed in.
July 2010HailBrockton-Spotter observed hail ranging in size from small marbles to golfball size.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindBrockton-Anchored swing set blown over.
July 2008HailBrockton-The hail ranged from pea to half inch resulting in extensive damage to a wheat field.
July 2008HailBrockton-The hail covered the ground.
June 2007HailBrockton-The hail ranged in size from pea to penny. A half inch of rain fell in 25 minutes.
June 2007HailBrockton-The hail ranged in size from pea to nickel.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBrockton-The wind was accompanied by pea sized hail.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBrockton-The wind was accompanied by pea sized hail.
June 2007HailBrockton-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 2006Flash FloodBrockton-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 2006Heavy RainBrockton-2 inches of rain fell in less than an hour.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBrockton-Trees downed on two houses.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindBrockton-The strong wind lasted for about 20 minutes. See the event narrative below.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindBrockton-See the event narrative below.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindBrockton-The west side of the roof of a home was destroyed.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindBrockton-60 mph wind gust with hail reported by spotter 17 miles north of Brockton.
July 2011HailBrockton-no account filed
July 2011HailBrockton-no account filed
July 2008HailBrockton-no account filed
July 2008HailBrockton-no account filed
June 2005HailBrockton-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindBrockton-no account filed
May 2004HailBrockton-no account filed
July 2002HailBrockton-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindBrockton-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindBrockton-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindBrockton-no account filed
August 2000HailBrockton-no account filed
July 1999HailBrockton-no account filed
July 1999Tornado (F0)Brockton-no account filed
June 1998HailBrockton-no account filed
June 1998HailBrockton-no account filed
June 1998HailBrockton-no account filed
July 1998Flash FloodBrockton-no account filed
July 1998HailBrockton-no account filed
July 1998HailBrockton-no account filed
August 1998HailBrockton-no account filed
August 1998HailBrockton-no account filed
September 1996HailBrockton-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
Calais5.4 miles9
Sprole8.3 miles6
Deertail Indian Village (historical)9.1 miles6
Fort Kipp10.7 miles7
Anderson13.4 miles7
Boyd (historical)13.9 miles7
Slab Crossing14.9 miles8
Poplar15.1 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.

Wikipedia article on BrocktonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q966053The 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.