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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.

Conrad within Pondera County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Conrad 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,570
20202,318-252 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

2 since 2018

Regional 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/undetermined2

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
5 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral Land Officenot named
30 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePondera Countynot named

Every fire recorded in Pondera 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Conrad PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oscar Mortenson SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pondera County

Storms near this place

28 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1994Thunderstorm WindConrad$5,000no account filed
May 1993Thunderstorm WindConrad$5,000no account filed
June 2019HailConrad-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 2017Thunderstorm WindConrad-Public report of a temporary greenhouse tent destroyed at a grocery store.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindConrad-High winds measured at 64KT (73MPH) were reported 7 mi SSW of Conrad, MT.
June 2012HailConrad-Golf ball sized hail, measuring 1.75 inches, was reported 9 miles W of Conrad.
March 2011FloodConrad-Numerous road closures across Pondera county.
July 2010HailConrad-A thunderstorm dropped 2 inch diameter hail at Conrad 7N.
July 2010HailConrad-A thunderstorm dropped 1.5 inch diameter hail at Conrad 1N.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindConrad-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 70 mph at Conrad 3SW.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindConrad-A severe thunderstorm produced wind gusts between 60 and 65 mph in the Conrad area.
August 2002HailConrad-A severe thunderstorm produced 1.00 inch hail at Conrad 10S.
July 2001HailConrad-Reported by Air Force personnel assigned to missile site affiliated with Malmstrom AFB.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindConrad-no account filed
September 2004Thunderstorm WindConrad-no account filed
August 2004HailConrad-no account filed
May 2003HailConrad-no account filed
May 2003HailConrad-no account filed
June 2003HailConrad-no account filed
August 1998HailConrad-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindConrad-no account filed
June 1996Funnel CloudConrad-no account filed
June 1996HailConrad-no account filed
June 1996HailConrad-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindConrad-no account filed
June 1996Funnel CloudConrad-no account filed
June 1996HailConrad-no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindConrad-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pondera 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
Manson5.6 miles11
Midway (historical)5.9 miles7
Midway Colony7.5 miles7
Erickson (historical)8.6 miles11
Ledger9.0 miles7
Gallup City10.3 miles11
Brady10.9 miles7
Belgian Colony (historical)11.1 miles12

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 ConradAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q955205The 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.