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Harlem, Montana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1964. It stands in the Harlem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59526. It stands on Forgey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harlem quadrangle. 769 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,365 feet above sea level.

Harlem within Blaine County

Population over time

2 figures

Harlem fell from 808 to 769 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
2010808
2020769-39 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

222 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 222 fires within 5 miles of Harlem between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,264 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 1 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
Fireworks86
Missing data/not specified/undetermined51
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Debris and open burning27
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking5
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresFort Belknap AgencyLEFTOVER FIRE
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFort Belknap AgencyNEW TOWN 2
5 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresFort Belknap AgencyEGGFIRE
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFort Belknap AgencyMONKEY BUMP
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFort Belknap AgencyNEW TOWN
4 September 2007Fireworks1.0 acresFort Belknap AgencyOL I.H.S
4 September 1999Smoking2.7 acresFort Belknap AgencyCHERRY
30 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreFort Belknap AgencyAG DUMP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blaine 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 Harlem: 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
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Blaine County

Storms near this place

25 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harlem in 25 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 11 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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
July 2000Thunderstorm WindHarlem$100,000Storage shed destroyed with valuable machinary damaged...machine shop severely damaged.
July 2023HailHarlem-Images submitted of large hail in Harlem.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHarlem-Agrimet site HRLM measured peak gust of 58.3 mph.
April 2018FloodHarlem-NWS Great Falls hydrologist reported and photographed flooding along Thirty Mile Creek just north of downtown Harlem.
August 2014Heavy RainHarlem-Heavy rain, measuring 8.50 inches storm total, was reported.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindHarlem-High wind gusts, estimated at 52KT (60MPH), were reported in Harlem, MT. A power line was blown down, starting a small fire.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindHarlem-High winds measuring 57KT (66MPH) were reported 13 miles S of Harlem, MT.
June 2012HailHarlem-Quarter sized hail, measuring 1.00 inches, was reported 6 miles WSW of Harlem.
March 2011FloodHarlem-Ponding of water occurred on area roads and farmland.
April 2011FloodHarlem-KFBB reported that many homes along the Milk River became isolated due to inundation.
July 2008HailHarlem-A severe thunderstorm dropped .75 inch diameter hail at Harlem 15NE.
June 2007HailHarlem-A severe thunderstorm dropped .75 icnh diameter hail at Harlem 11NNE.
June 2007HailHarlem-A severe thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Harlem 4W.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindHarlem-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 72 mph at Harlem 16S.
June 2007HailHarlem-A severe thunderstorm dropped .75 inch diameter hail at Harlem 2SW.
June 2007Funnel CloudHarlem-A funnel cloud was reported between the towns of Harlem and Zurich. The funnel lasted approximately 3 to 4 minutes and reached halfway to the ground.
June 2007HailHarlem-A severe thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Harlem 16NNE. The hail severely damaged the winter wheat crop.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindHarlem-A severe thunderstorm produced a 60 mph wind gust at Harlem 16NE.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindHarlem-Harlem spotter.
July 2004HailHarlem-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindHarlem-no account filed
July 2000HailHarlem-no account filed
July 2000HailHarlem-no account filed
July 2000HailHarlem-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindHarlem-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Blaine 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
Fort Belknap Agency3.6 miles7
Newtown3.8 miles7
North Harlem Colony3.9 miles11
Dogtown (historical)9.7 miles7
Savoy13.4 miles7
Zurich13.5 miles10
North Fork17.7 miles10
Ramburg (historical)19.0 miles10

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 HarlemAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q540285The 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 772152. 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.