Cascade, Montana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Cascade census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59421. It stands on Knapp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cascade quadrangle. 600 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,389 feet above sea level.
On record in Cascade
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 4 records
Hardy Bridgelisted 2010
Charlie and Nancy Russell Honeymoon Cabinlisted 2005
St. Peter's Mission Church and Cemeterylisted 1984
Tower Rocklisted 2002
Population over time
2 figuresCascade fell from 685 to 600 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 | 685 | |
| 2020 | 600 | -85 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1886 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Cascade quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Cascade quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Great Falls South quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Cascade quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Cascade between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,156 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2018 | Other causes | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 29 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 29 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 16 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 9 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 8 July 2003 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 23 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Central Land Office | CASCADE FARMER |
| 14 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | CASCADE FARMER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cascade: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, REE, Titanium, Titanium, REE. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Titanium Occurrence | Iron, REE, Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Titanium-Iron Occurrence | Iron, Titanium, REE | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
34 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cascade in 34 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cascade | - | Mesonet station MTM76 Cascade E MDA measured a severe gust. |
| May 2023 | Heavy Rain | Cascade | - | Observer located about five miles south of Cascade reported 1.11 inches of rain fell over a 90 minute period. |
| July 2022 | Heavy Rain | Cascade | - | Public report estimated about 2.30 inches of rainfall. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cascade | - | Mesonet MTM76 Cascade e mda. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cascade | - | Cascade MDA MTM76 measured a 56 kt (64 mph) thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cascade | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph. Some trees down. Very heavy rain caused localized street flooding. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cascade | - | A 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust in Cascade at 4:44 PM MDT. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Cascade | - | Hail 0.88 inches (nickel sized) reported about in Cascade, MT. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Cascade | - | Severe hail estimated at 1.00 inches in diameter (approximately quarter sized) was reported in Cascade, MT. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Cascade | - | Hail measuring 1.75 inches (golf ball sized) was reported, along with damage to homes and vehicles, 20 mi S of Cascade, MT. Storm lasted about 15 minutes. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cascade | - | High winds of 51KT (59MPH) were reported 21 mi SE of Cascade, MT. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cascade | - | Outflow winds produced wind gusts measuring 57KT (65MPH) as reported 21 miles SE of Cascade. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cascade | - | Strong outflow winds generated a gust to 63KT (72MPH) as measured 1 mile NW of Cascade. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cascade | - | Wind gust of 58KT (67MPH) was reported at the Millegan station 20 miles SE of Cascade. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cascade | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Cascade. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cascade | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 68 mph was reported at Cascade 5S. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cascade | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Cascade 17SSE. Numerous tree limbs up to 2 inches in diameter were reported down. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Cascade | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped .75 inch diameter hail at Cascade 9SW. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cascade | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a 70 mph wind gust at Cascade 20SE. 2x4"s were lifted off the ground. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cascade | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a 60 mph wind gust at Cascade 20SE. |
| August 2001 | Hail | Cascade | - | Actual event location Cascade 22 SE. |
| July 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Cascade | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cascade | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Cascade | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Cascade | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Cascade | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Cascade | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Cascade | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Cascade | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Cascade | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cascade | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Cascade | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Cascade | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Cascade | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Clair (historical) | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Riverdale | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Hardy | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Fair Haven Colony | 9.9 miles | 16 | |
| Garrison (historical) | 10.6 miles | 16 | |
| Castner Falls | 11.1 miles | 12 | |
| Saint Peter | 11.7 miles | 13 | |
| Cascade Colony | 13.3 miles | 13 |
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 Cascade | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q965267 | 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 769638. 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.






