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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.

Brusett within Garfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

5 since 2003

Regional 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
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
3 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution56 acresEastern Land OfficeBUTTS COULEE
29 August 2015Other causes5.5 acresMiles City Field OfficeBUTTS
18 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresMiles City Field OfficeNORTH FORK
6 June 2019Naturalunder an acreGarfield CountyROUFLEY - GARFIELD
20 June 2003Naturalunder an acreMiles City Field OfficeBAKER PNT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garfield County

Storms near this place

57 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2003WildfireBrusett$2,900,000no account filed
July 2000HailBrusett$12,000no account filed
June 2008HailBrusett$6,000A motorist reported his pickup truck totaled from hail.
May 2007HailBrusett$3,000One 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 2025HailBrusett-Cooperative observer reported that their rain gauge was destroyed by ping pong ball size hail.
July 2025HailBrusett-Trained spotter reported damaged windshields of six vehicles and shattered house windows, all from hen egg size hail.
August 2019Heavy RainBrusett-Public reported, via social media, a 24-hour rainfall total of 3.75 inches.
June 2016HailBrusett-Public reported quarter sized hail.
June 2016HailBrusett-Storm chaser reported several broken windshields and windows from baseball sized hail along Highway 200, approximately 20 miles west of Jordan.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindBrusett-Storm chaser estimated a 70 mph wind gust along Highway 200 approximately 20 miles west of Jordan.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindBrusett-Trained spotter reported winds gusting up to 60 mph.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBrusett-Trained spotter reported 60 mph winds, brief heavy rain, and hail up to size of dimes.
July 2015HailBrusett-Public reported hail up to the size of quarters, brief heavy rain, and wind gusts up to 40 mph.
July 2014HailBrusett-Trained spotter reported mostly quarter-sized hail mixed with some half dollar-sized hail.
August 2014HailBrusett-Trained spotter reported mostly dime-sized hail with some quarter-sized hailstones mixed in.
June 2012HailBrusett-A CO-OP observer reported quarter sized hail about 8 miles north of Brusett in northern Garfield County.
June 2012HailBrusett-A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail 13 miles north-northeast of Brusett in northern Garfield County.
August 2012HailBrusett-Spotter reported hail up to the size of ping pong balls covering the ground.
July 2011HailBrusett-Golf ball-sized hail stones reported along with 60 mph winds.
July 2011HailBrusett-Quarter-sized hail stones reported along with 60 mph winds.
March 2011Flash FloodBrusett-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 2011FloodBrusett-Small streams rose out their banks due to heavy rains and above normal wet spring.
May 2011FloodBrusett-Many gravel roads became impassible due to the extremely wet conditions.
May 2011FloodBrusett-Minor flooding was reported on the Big Dry Creek. Hell Creek Recreation Area measured 3.2 inches of rainfall.
July 2009Heavy RainBrusett-The storm dropped pea sized hail with an estimated 40 mph wind. The rain total was 1.7 inches.
June 2008Funnel CloudBrusett-A motorist observed a funnel cloud while driving west of the South Sawmill RAWS observation site.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindBrusett-Curry Coulee Raws.
June 2007HailBrusett-The hail started to cover the ground.
June 2007HailBrusett-Most of the hail was pea sized, but was mixed with some ping pong ball to golf ball sized stones.
June 2007HailBrusett-The hail did not cover the ground.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindBrusett-South Sawmill Raws.
July 2009HailBrusett-no account filed
July 2009HailBrusett-no account filed
July 2009HailBrusett-no account filed
July 2008HailBrusett-no account filed
June 2008HailBrusett-no account filed
July 2008HailBrusett-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindBrusett-no account filed
July 2008HailBrusett-no account filed
August 2008HailBrusett-no account filed
August 2008HailBrusett-no account filed
June 2007HailBrusett-no account filed
June 2005HailBrusett-no account filed
June 2005HailBrusett-no account filed
June 2005HailBrusett-no account filed
August 2004HailBrusett-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindBrusett-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindBrusett-no account filed
July 2001HailBrusett-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindBrusett-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindBrusett-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindBrusett-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindBrusett-no account filed
June 2000HailBrusett-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindBrusett-no account filed
August 1999HailBrusett-no account filed
August 1999HailBrusett-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Garfield 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
Butte Creek (historical)3.7 miles7
Braggville (historical)7.9 miles7
Blackfoot (historical)8.7 miles7
Steve Forks11.2 miles7
Anad (historical)14.1 miles7
Bruce (historical)14.5 miles7
Hazny (historical)15.1 miles7
Metersville (historical)18.3 miles7

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 BrusettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4979623The 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.