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Floweree, Montana

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Fort Benton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59440. The Survey maps it on the Floweree quadrangle. 19 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,225 feet above sea level.

Floweree within Chouteau County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Floweree in 2019, burning about 640 acres 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/undetermined1

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
28 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined640 acresChouteau CountyFDH-MTLG19-171

Every fire recorded in Chouteau County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Floweree: 1 unknown. 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
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Chouteau County

Storms near this place

17 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Floweree in 17 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 heavy rain. 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
April 2025Thunderstorm WindFloweree-Landspout. NWS employee relayed a report of a landsput near Floweree. It was brief in nature. Location estimated.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindFloweree-Corrected time. Reports strong winds brought rain into attic of house and knocked down trees. Also, reports a pile of peas sized hail. Wind speed and gust estimate not reported.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindFloweree-Relayed report from trained spotter of trees stripped and power outage from thunderstorm winds gusts. Wind speed and gust estimate not reported.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindFloweree-Reports strong winds brought rain into attic of house and knocked down trees. Also, reports a pile of pea sized hail. Wind speed and gust estimate not reported.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindFloweree-Wind and rain reduced visibility to less than 100 feet. Reports 0.80 inches of rain in 15 minutes. Also, reports pea sized hail.
July 2014Heavy RainFloweree-Heavy rain, measuring .60 inches in 25 minutes, and small hail were reported.
July 2014HailFloweree-Hail measuring 1.00 inches (quarter sized) was reported with a lot of smaller hail. One half inch of rain fell in 30 minutes as well.
June 2013Heavy RainFloweree-Heavy rain of .90 inches in 25 minutes reported 4 mi NNW of Floweree, MT.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindFloweree-High winds measuring 52KT (60MPH).
June 2012HailFloweree-Baseball sized hail, measuring 2.75 inches, was reported 2 miles W of Floweree. Damage to police vehicles was also reported.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindFloweree-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Floweree 4NNW. Tree branches were reported down.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindFloweree-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph southwest of Floweree. Three-inch diameter tree branches were reported down.
June 2007HailFloweree-A severe thunderstorm dropped .75 inch diameter hail at Power 15E.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindFloweree-no account filed
July 2000HailFloweree-no account filed
July 2000HailFloweree-no account filed
July 1998HailFloweree-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chouteau 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
Carter5.2 miles15
Lander Crossing7.8 miles16
Shepherd Crossing11.1 miles16
Tunis11.1 miles13
Waltham13.2 miles16
Pack and Lacey Crossing14.4 miles16
Highwood16.1 miles15
Kershaw16.3 miles14

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 FlowereeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18150885The 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 802100. 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.