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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.

Frazer within Valley County

Population over time

2 figures

Frazer 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.

YearPeople Change
2010362
2020354-8 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

131 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined31
Fireworks25
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1

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
7 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFort Peck AgencyFRA-CHURCH
30 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresFort Peck AgencyFRAZERTWR
26 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFort Peck AgencyFRAZER BRG
25 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use22 acresFort Peck AgencyBIBLE CAMP
24 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFort Peck AgencyFOURSTAR
20 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use16 acresFort Peck AgencyGRANADA
2 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minor8.0 acresFort Peck AgencyFRAZER
17 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFort Peck AgencyHAYSTACK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Valley County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Garden Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
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 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Wolf Point Ready MixSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Valley County

Storms near this place

34 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2016Thunderstorm WindFrazer-An NWS employee reported wind gusts up to 65 mph.
June 2016HailFrazer-Public reported quarter sized hail.
June 2016HailFrazer-Public reported ping pong ball sized hail.
July 2015HailFrazer-Public reported quarter-sized hail and heavy rain.
July 2013HailFrazer-Public reported golf ball sized hail - duration 15 minutes.
July 2013HailFrazer-Trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail covering the road.
July 2013HailFrazer-Trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindFrazer-Wind gusts up to 61 mph were measured at the Frazer School mesonet site.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindFrazer-Wind gust measured at 65 mph at this CoCoRaHS site. Also accumulated 0.46 inches of rain.
May 2009HailFrazer-A traveler reported quarter-size hail on Highway 2 from one mile west to four miles west of Frazer.
May 2009HailFrazer-The public reported 1.25 hail near Frazer.
May 2009HailFrazer-The public reported golf ball size hail near Frazer.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindFrazer-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 2009Tornado (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 2009Tornado (EF0)Frazer-This is the second of two brief touchdowns.
July 2008HailFrazer-Hail ranged from one to two inches in diameter and covered the ground. Nearby crops were reported destroyed.
June 2008HailFrazer-Hail grew from pea to quarter size.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindFrazer-Tree limbs down and a porch door was blown off a house.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindFrazer-Power outages caused by the storm causes the Frazer Schools to be closed the next day.
July 2011HailFrazer-no account filed
July 2011HailFrazer-no account filed
July 2010HailFrazer-no account filed
September 2009HailFrazer-no account filed
September 2007HailFrazer-no account filed
August 2004HailFrazer-no account filed
July 2001HailFrazer-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindFrazer-no account filed
July 2000HailFrazer-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindFrazer-no account filed
July 1999HailFrazer-no account filed
May 1998HailFrazer-no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindFrazer-no account filed
August 1997HailFrazer-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindFrazer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Valley 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
Oswego8.5 miles6
Wiota (historical)11.9 miles11
Nashua17.4 miles11
Bakers (historical)19.8 miles8
Idlewile (historical)20.6 miles11
Free Deal (historical)21.1 miles11
Park Dale (historical)21.2 miles11
Park Grove21.5 miles11

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 FrazerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q968573The 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.