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Dodson, Montana

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Malta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59524. It stands on Dodson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dodson quadrangle. 125 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,287 feet above sea level.

Dodson within Phillips County

Population over time

2 figures

Dodson grew from 124 to 125 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
2010124
2020125+1 (+1%)

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

14 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Dodson between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,481 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Debris and open burning3

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
4 September 2019Natural40 acresPhillips CountyFDH-MTLG11-179
25 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use5,000 acresNortheastern Land OfficeKATHRYN
22 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFort Belknap AgencyWEST BRIDGE
22 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFort Belknap AgencyWEST DODSON
22 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresFort Belknap AgencyD BAR D
12 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use336 acresFort Belknap AgencyGEORGE(COY
8 July 2013Naturalunder an acreFort Belknap AgencyCOTTONWOOD
15 July 2005Natural1.0 acresFort Belknap AgencyVALLEYRIM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Phillips County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Dodson: 6 unknowns. None of them 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Phillips County

Storms near this place

41 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dodson in 41 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 16 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 7 flood, 1 flash 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 1996Thunderstorm WindDodson$15,000no account filed
June 2005HailDodson$5,000Large hail caused damage to a vehicle
April 2023FloodDodson-The Milk River at Dodson (DMRM8) rose above its flood stage of 23 feet at 5:45 PM on April 12th. The river then crested at 23.47 feet at 7:15PM on April 12th. The river would go below flood stage at 8:30 PM on April 12th before rising back above flood stage at 3:00 PM on April 14th. The river would fall below flood stage at 4:20 PM on April 14th.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindDodson-Public reported at 75 mph wind gust at their personal home weather station.
April 2018FloodDodson-The river gauge at Dodson (DMRM8) rose above its flood stage of 23 feet at 2:45 AM MST on April 18th. It crested at 28.14 feet at 7:00 AM MST on April 23rd. The river remained above flood stage into early May.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindDodson-Trained spotter reported shingles blown off a shed and a skylight torn off a workshop.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindDodson-Trained spotter estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph.
June 2016HailDodson-Trained spotter reported quarter sized hail.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindDodson-Trained spotter reported tree limbs up to 6 inches in diameter downed by strong winds.
October 2016FloodDodson-Phillips County Emergency Manager reported many back country roads flooded, including Content Road, Sun Prairie Road, Beaverton Road. Regina Road south of Malta was underwater after a culvert on Alkali Creek washed away.
October 2016HailDodson-Storm Chaser reported, via social media, nickel sized hail.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindDodson-Public reported 60 mph winds and 0.7 inches of rain.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindDodson-Trained spotter reported 60 mph winds. Location is right on the Phillips/Blaine county line.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindDodson-No damage.
May 2014HailDodson-Hail didn't cover the entire ground, but there was a lot of hail from half an inch to one and a half inches across at least a three mile area. Some minor vehicle damage.
June 2013FloodDodson-The Milk River at Dodson (DMRM8) rose above its flood stage of 23 feet at 2:30 PM MST on June 4th, crested at 25.95 feet at 4:40 PM MST on June 5th, then fell back down below flood stage at 10:45 PM MST on June 7th.
June 2013FloodDodson-Peoples Creek, west of the town of Dodson, rose out of its banks on June 4th and covered the surrounding low-lying areas, including Montana Highway 8 and US Highway 2. Law enforcement officials set off a quarter-mile section of US Highway 2, directing vehicles to slowly tread a depth of 3 inches of water until the water receeded on June 6th.
March 2011FloodDodson-Tribal Law Enforcement reported Peoples Creek was flooding along the Lodgepole Highway. Flooding also began at Dodson on March 19th.
June 2011FloodDodson-Flooding mainly occurred on the Peoples and Beaver Creeks.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindDodson-Severe thunderstorm brought a gust to about 60 mph.
July 2009Funnel CloudDodson-Funnel cloud spotted about 15 miles southwest of Wagner.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindDodson-Spotter estimated the wind gusts to be between 60 and 70 mph.
July 2007HailDodson-The hail ranged in size from pea to quarter.
July 2007Flash FloodDodson-Water was covering and flowing across Highway 204.
July 2007Heavy RainDodson-Measured eight tenths of an inch of rain in 20 minutes.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindDodson-The wind was accompanied by pea sized hail.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindDodson-Several trees blown down in and around Dodson.
June 2007HailDodson-There was an unknown amount of crop damage.
July 2008HailDodson-no account filed
July 2007HailDodson-no account filed
June 2005HailDodson-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindDodson-no account filed
July 2004HailDodson-no account filed
July 2004HailDodson-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindDodson-no account filed
July 2000HailDodson-no account filed
July 2000HailDodson-no account filed
July 2000HailDodson-no account filed
July 2000HailDodson-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindDodson-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindDodson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Phillips 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
Wagner9.0 miles7
Lost Lake (historical)17.1 miles7
Malta19.8 miles8
Phillips21.3 miles7
Brookside (historical)21.6 miles7
Sumner27.5 miles7
Loring Colony30.6 miles7
Old Whitcomb Place31.6 miles9

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 DodsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q584262The 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 770687. 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.