Conrad, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Conrad census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59425. It lies near Railroad Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Conrad quadrangle. 2,318 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,517 feet above sea level.
On record in Conrad
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 1 record
- Conrad City Halllisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresConrad fell from 2,570 to 2,318 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 | 2,570 | |
| 2020 | 2,318 | -252 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1920 USGS Conrad quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Conrad quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Conrad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Conrad between 2018 and 2019, burning about 1 acre in total. None 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 30 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pondera County | not named |
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 Conrad: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conrad Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Oscar Mortenson Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
28 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Conrad in 28 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 14 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrad | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrad | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Conrad | - | Lots of quarter to ping pong ball size hail up to 2 inches deep at mile marker 334 on Interstate 15 in the wake of a severe thunderstorm. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrad | - | Public report of a temporary greenhouse tent destroyed at a grocery store. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrad | - | High winds measured at 64KT (73MPH) were reported 7 mi SSW of Conrad, MT. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Conrad | - | Golf ball sized hail, measuring 1.75 inches, was reported 9 miles W of Conrad. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Conrad | - | Numerous road closures across Pondera county. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Conrad | - | A thunderstorm dropped 2 inch diameter hail at Conrad 7N. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Conrad | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1.5 inch diameter hail at Conrad 1N. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrad | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 70 mph at Conrad 3SW. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrad | - | A severe thunderstorm produced wind gusts between 60 and 65 mph in the Conrad area. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Conrad | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 1.00 inch hail at Conrad 10S. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Conrad | - | Reported by Air Force personnel assigned to missile site affiliated with Malmstrom AFB. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrad | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrad | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Conrad | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Conrad | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Conrad | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Conrad | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Conrad | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrad | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Conrad | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Conrad | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Conrad | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrad | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Conrad | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Conrad | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conrad | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manson | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Midway (historical) | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Midway Colony | 7.5 miles | 7 | |
| Erickson (historical) | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Ledger | 9.0 miles | 7 | |
| Gallup City | 10.3 miles | 11 | |
| Brady | 10.9 miles | 7 | |
| Belgian Colony (historical) | 11.1 miles | 12 |
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 Conrad | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q955205 | 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 806937. 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.




