Frazer, Montana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Fort Peck Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59225. It stands on Charley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Frazer quadrangle. 354 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,060 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFrazer fell from 362 to 354 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 | 362 | |
| 2020 | 354 | -8 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1915 USGS Frazer quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Frazer quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
131 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Frazer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,960 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined | 31 |
| Fireworks | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Fort Peck Agency | FRA-CHURCH |
| 30 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Fort Peck Agency | FRAZERTWR |
| 26 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fort Peck Agency | FRAZER BRG |
| 25 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 22 acres | Fort Peck Agency | BIBLE CAMP |
| 24 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fort Peck Agency | FOURSTAR |
| 20 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Fort Peck Agency | GRANADA |
| 2 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8.0 acres | Fort Peck Agency | FRAZER |
| 17 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Peck Agency | HAYSTACK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Frazer: 8 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Wolf Point Ready Mix | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
34 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frazer in 34 storm reports between 1996 and 2016: 22 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frazer | - | An NWS employee reported wind gusts up to 65 mph. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Frazer | - | Public reported quarter sized hail. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Frazer | - | Public reported ping pong ball sized hail. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Frazer | - | Public reported quarter-sized hail and heavy rain. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Frazer | - | Public reported golf ball sized hail - duration 15 minutes. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Frazer | - | Trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail covering the road. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Frazer | - | Trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frazer | - | Wind gusts up to 61 mph were measured at the Frazer School mesonet site. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frazer | - | Wind gust measured at 65 mph at this CoCoRaHS site. Also accumulated 0.46 inches of rain. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Frazer | - | A traveler reported quarter-size hail on Highway 2 from one mile west to four miles west of Frazer. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Frazer | - | The public reported 1.25 hail near Frazer. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Frazer | - | The public reported golf ball size hail near Frazer. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frazer | - | Strong winds estimated at 60 mph caused tree limbs roughly four feet by two inch diameter to fall to the ground. Pea sized hail was also reported. |
| July 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Frazer | - | Disaster and Emergency Service's (DES) son reported a funnel cloud that had been dipping down and just recently made contact with the ground. This is the first of two touchdowns. |
| July 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Frazer | - | This is the second of two brief touchdowns. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Frazer | - | Hail ranged from one to two inches in diameter and covered the ground. Nearby crops were reported destroyed. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Frazer | - | Hail grew from pea to quarter size. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frazer | - | Tree limbs down and a porch door was blown off a house. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frazer | - | Power outages caused by the storm causes the Frazer Schools to be closed the next day. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Frazer | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Frazer | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Frazer | - | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Hail | Frazer | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Frazer | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Frazer | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Frazer | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frazer | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Frazer | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frazer | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Frazer | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Frazer | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frazer | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Frazer | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frazer | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oswego | 8.5 miles | 6 | |
| Wiota (historical) | 11.9 miles | 11 | |
| Nashua | 17.4 miles | 11 | |
| Bakers (historical) | 19.8 miles | 8 | |
| Idlewile (historical) | 20.6 miles | 11 | |
| Free Deal (historical) | 21.1 miles | 11 | |
| Park Dale (historical) | 21.2 miles | 11 | |
| Park Grove | 21.5 miles | 11 |
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 Frazer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q968573 | 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 771614. 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.





