Brusett, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the North Garfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59318. The Survey maps it on the Brusett quadrangle. It stands 2,904 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Brusett quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Sand Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Brusett between 2003 and 2019, burning about 78 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 56 acres | Eastern Land Office | BUTTS COULEE |
| 29 August 2015 | Other causes | 5.5 acres | Miles City Field Office | BUTTS |
| 18 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Miles City Field Office | NORTH FORK |
| 6 June 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Garfield County | ROUFLEY - GARFIELD |
| 20 June 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | BAKER PNT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
57 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brusett in 57 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 36 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Wildfire | Brusett | $2,900,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Brusett | $12,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Brusett | $6,000 | A motorist reported his pickup truck totaled from hail. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Brusett | $3,000 | One inch hail covered the ground. The hail was accompanied by wind gusts of up to 45 mph. The combination of the hail and wind caused damage to vinyl siding and windows on a house. | |
| July 2025 | Hail | Brusett | - | Cooperative observer reported that their rain gauge was destroyed by ping pong ball size hail. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Brusett | - | Trained spotter reported damaged windshields of six vehicles and shattered house windows, all from hen egg size hail. |
| August 2019 | Heavy Rain | Brusett | - | Public reported, via social media, a 24-hour rainfall total of 3.75 inches. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Brusett | - | Public reported quarter sized hail. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Brusett | - | Storm chaser reported several broken windshields and windows from baseball sized hail along Highway 200, approximately 20 miles west of Jordan. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brusett | - | Storm chaser estimated a 70 mph wind gust along Highway 200 approximately 20 miles west of Jordan. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brusett | - | Trained spotter reported winds gusting up to 60 mph. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brusett | - | Trained spotter reported 60 mph winds, brief heavy rain, and hail up to size of dimes. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Brusett | - | Public reported hail up to the size of quarters, brief heavy rain, and wind gusts up to 40 mph. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Brusett | - | Trained spotter reported mostly quarter-sized hail mixed with some half dollar-sized hail. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Brusett | - | Trained spotter reported mostly dime-sized hail with some quarter-sized hailstones mixed in. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Brusett | - | A CO-OP observer reported quarter sized hail about 8 miles north of Brusett in northern Garfield County. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Brusett | - | A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail 13 miles north-northeast of Brusett in northern Garfield County. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Brusett | - | Spotter reported hail up to the size of ping pong balls covering the ground. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Brusett | - | Golf ball-sized hail stones reported along with 60 mph winds. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Brusett | - | Quarter-sized hail stones reported along with 60 mph winds. |
| March 2011 | Flash Flood | Brusett | - | At 1510 MST, a private dam failed and was causing flash flooding downstream on the Big Dry Creek. The high water was moving towards an ice jam and towards the town of Jordan. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Brusett | - | Small streams rose out their banks due to heavy rains and above normal wet spring. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Brusett | - | Many gravel roads became impassible due to the extremely wet conditions. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Brusett | - | Minor flooding was reported on the Big Dry Creek. Hell Creek Recreation Area measured 3.2 inches of rainfall. |
| July 2009 | Heavy Rain | Brusett | - | The storm dropped pea sized hail with an estimated 40 mph wind. The rain total was 1.7 inches. |
| June 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Brusett | - | A motorist observed a funnel cloud while driving west of the South Sawmill RAWS observation site. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brusett | - | Curry Coulee Raws. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Brusett | - | The hail started to cover the ground. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Brusett | - | Most of the hail was pea sized, but was mixed with some ping pong ball to golf ball sized stones. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Brusett | - | The hail did not cover the ground. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brusett | - | South Sawmill Raws. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Brusett | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Brusett | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butte Creek (historical) | 3.7 miles | 7 | |
| Braggville (historical) | 7.9 miles | 7 | |
| Blackfoot (historical) | 8.7 miles | 7 | |
| Steve Forks | 11.2 miles | 7 | |
| Anad (historical) | 14.1 miles | 7 | |
| Bruce (historical) | 14.5 miles | 7 | |
| Hazny (historical) | 15.1 miles | 7 | |
| Metersville (historical) | 18.3 miles | 7 |
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 Brusett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4979623 | 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 802064. 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.





