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Crow Agency, Montana

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Crow Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59022. It stands on Custer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crow Agency quadrangle. 1,657 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,038 feet above sea level.

Crow Agency within Big Horn County

Population over time

2 figures

Crow Agency grew from 1,616 to 1,657 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
20101,616
20201,657+41 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

1,010 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,010 fires within 5 miles of Crow Agency between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,889 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 123 were 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/undetermined221
Fireworks197
Debris and open burning182
Arson/incendiarism123
Misuse of fire by a minor90
Equipment and vehicle use62
Smoking44
Railroad operations and maintenance37
Natural30
Recreation and ceremony12
Other causes9
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCrow AgencyPOPCORN
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism17 acresCrow AgencyBRUSH
8 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCrow AgencyHOUSING
7 September 2017Smokingunder an acreCrow AgencyHALF
7 September 2015Fireworksunder an acreCrow Agency3RDST
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCrow AgencyNEAL
7 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCrow AgencySTEWART
6 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeMILE MARKER 505 A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Big Horn County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Crow Agency: 6 occurrences, 5 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Bentonite, Pumice. 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
Crow Reservation AshPumiceOccurrence
Bentonite ProspectBentoniteOccurrence
Unnamed Bentonite OccurrenceBentoniteOccurrence
Unnamed BentoniteClayOccurrence
Unnamed BentoniteClayOccurrence
Unnamed BentoniteClayOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Big Horn County

Storms near this place

52 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crow Agency in 52 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 27 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 2021Thunderstorm WindCrow Agency1 killedA strong thunderstorm outflow passed over Crow Agency around 630pm with winds to 55 mph. A couple hours later, a shower with up to 20dbz moved over Crow Agency around 830pm, producing winds to 64 mph across a small area. A roof blew off an arbor, throwing it across the street, striking a camper in the head and throat.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindCrow Agency1 hurtStrong winds flipped over a semi-trailer on Highway 212 at mile marker 10 near Hardin resulting in one injury.
July 2025HailCrow Agency-Hail 1.5 inches in diameter.
March 2019FloodCrow Agency-Significant impacts occurred across portions of Big Horn County due to a deep snow cover melting on frozen ground, as well as an ice jam on the Little Big Horn River. Due to the ground being frozen, the water from the melting snow could not soak into the ground. This resulted in many areas flooding. Although most of the flooding occurred across open range land, some flooding did impact roads, some homes, and commerce. |Impacts occurred mainly from the ice jam on the Little Big Horn River and its tributaries which resulted in stranding some people in their homes. In addition, flooding from the Little Big Horn River inundated Interstate 90 at exit 510 at Crow Agency across both the east and west bound lanes. The interstate was closed from Hardin to the Wyoming line for several days. Highway 212 had water over it as well. These closures resulted in significant impacts to commerce. The Crow Tribe Executive Branch declared a State of Emergency. The Red Cross set up a shelter in Hardin for those affected by the Little Big Horn River flooding.
June 2008HailCrow Agency-Hail cracked some car windows.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCrow Agency-Several three inch diameter tree branches were down as a result of 75 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindCrow Agency-Power lines knocked down on highway 313
June 2006Thunderstorm WindCrow Agency-Power outage and small tree branches down.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindCrow Agency-65 mph thunderstorm wind gust
July 2000Thunderstorm WindCrow Agency-60 mph wind gust at a RAWS station at Wolf Mountain.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindCrow Agency-Wind damage with 60 mile per hour wind gust
August 1999Thunderstorm WindCrow Agency-Spotter report of a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCrow Agency-no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindCrow Agency-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCrow Agency-no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCrow Agency-no account filed
July 2021HailCrow Agency-no account filed
July 2021HailCrow Agency-no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindCrow Agency-no account filed
July 2019HailCrow Agency-no account filed
June 2019HailCrow Agency-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCrow Agency-no account filed
May 2016HailCrow Agency-no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCrow Agency-no account filed
September 2015HailCrow Agency-no account filed
May 2014Thunderstorm WindCrow Agency-no account filed
March 2013Thunderstorm WindCrow Agency-no account filed
July 2009HailCrow Agency-no account filed
July 2009HailCrow Agency-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindCrow Agency-no account filed
June 2006HailCrow Agency-no account filed
June 2006HailCrow Agency-no account filed
June 2006HailCrow Agency-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindCrow Agency-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindCrow Agency-no account filed
June 2006HailCrow Agency-no account filed
June 2006HailCrow Agency-no account filed
June 2006HailCrow Agency-no account filed
June 2006HailCrow Agency-no account filed
June 2006HailCrow Agency-no account filed
June 2005HailCrow Agency-no account filed
August 2004HailCrow Agency-no account filed
July 2003HailCrow Agency-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCrow Agency-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCrow Agency-no account filed
July 2002HailCrow Agency-no account filed
July 2001HailCrow Agency-no account filed
June 2000HailCrow Agency-no account filed
August 1998HailCrow Agency-no account filed
June 1997HailCrow Agency-no account filed
June 1996HailCrow Agency-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindCrow Agency-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Big Horn 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
Garryowen5.6 miles7
Dunmore5.8 miles12
Benteen10.6 miles13
Hardin12.1 miles12
Saint Xavier16.9 miles13
Rowley18.7 miles10
Carperville (historical)19.2 miles11
Lodge Grass20.5 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 Crow AgencyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q964578The 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 770332. 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.