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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.

Cascade within Cascade County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Cascade 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.

YearPeople Change
2010685
2020600-85 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

13 since 1996

Regional 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/undetermined6
Natural2
Debris and open burning2
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
31 August 2018Other causesunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
29 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCentral Land Officenot named
29 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresCentral Land Officenot named
16 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresCentral Land Officenot named
9 July 2003Naturalunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
8 July 2003Natural7.0 acresCentral Land Officenot named
23 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresCentral Land OfficeCASCADE FARMER
14 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeCASCADE FARMER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cascade County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Titanium OccurrenceIron, REE, TitaniumOccurrence
Titanium-Iron OccurrenceIron, Titanium, REEOccurrence

Every working recorded in Cascade County

Storms near this place

34 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024Thunderstorm WindCascade-Mesonet station MTM76 Cascade E MDA measured a severe gust.
May 2023Heavy RainCascade-Observer located about five miles south of Cascade reported 1.11 inches of rain fell over a 90 minute period.
July 2022Heavy RainCascade-Public report estimated about 2.30 inches of rainfall.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindCascade-Mesonet MTM76 Cascade e mda.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindCascade-Cascade MDA MTM76 measured a 56 kt (64 mph) thunderstorm wind gust.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindCascade-Thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph. Some trees down. Very heavy rain caused localized street flooding.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindCascade-A 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust in Cascade at 4:44 PM MDT.
May 2014HailCascade-Hail 0.88 inches (nickel sized) reported about in Cascade, MT.
June 2013HailCascade-Severe hail estimated at 1.00 inches in diameter (approximately quarter sized) was reported in Cascade, MT.
September 2013HailCascade-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 2013Thunderstorm WindCascade-High winds of 51KT (59MPH) were reported 21 mi SE of Cascade, MT.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCascade-Outflow winds produced wind gusts measuring 57KT (65MPH) as reported 21 miles SE of Cascade.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCascade-Strong outflow winds generated a gust to 63KT (72MPH) as measured 1 mile NW of Cascade.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCascade-Wind gust of 58KT (67MPH) was reported at the Millegan station 20 miles SE of Cascade.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCascade-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Cascade.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCascade-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 68 mph was reported at Cascade 5S.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindCascade-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 2007HailCascade-A severe thunderstorm dropped .75 inch diameter hail at Cascade 9SW.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCascade-A severe thunderstorm produced a 70 mph wind gust at Cascade 20SE. 2x4"s were lifted off the ground.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCascade-A severe thunderstorm produced a 60 mph wind gust at Cascade 20SE.
August 2001HailCascade-Actual event location Cascade 22 SE.
July 2006Funnel CloudCascade-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindCascade-no account filed
June 2005HailCascade-no account filed
June 2004HailCascade-no account filed
June 2003HailCascade-no account filed
July 2000HailCascade-no account filed
July 2000HailCascade-no account filed
July 2000HailCascade-no account filed
September 2000HailCascade-no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindCascade-no account filed
August 1997HailCascade-no account filed
June 1997HailCascade-no account filed
July 1996HailCascade-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cascade 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
Saint Clair (historical)1.2 miles15
Riverdale7.7 miles15
Hardy8.1 miles12
Fair Haven Colony9.9 miles16
Garrison (historical)10.6 miles16
Castner Falls11.1 miles12
Saint Peter11.7 miles13
Cascade Colony13.3 miles13

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 CascadeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q965267The 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.