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Hysham, Montana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the South Treasure census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59038. It stands on Box Elder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hysham quadrangle. 276 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,661 feet above sea level.

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Hysham within Treasure County

On record in Hysham

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Hysham fell from 312 to 276 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
2010312
2020276-36 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

9 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Hysham between 2012 and 2019, burning about 684 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTreasure CountyRAILROAD
11 July 2019Naturalunder an acreTreasure CountyBUCKINGHAM
10 July 2015Natural122 acresTreasure CountyFROZE TO DEATH
2 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouthern Land OfficeKOLBS
14 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTreasure CountySTRECKER CONTROLLED BURN
12 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresSouthern Land OfficeMM 69
22 March 2017Smokingunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeI-94 MM 68
13 March 2012Debris and open burning535 acresSouthern Land OfficeHIGHWAY 10

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Treasure 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 Hysham: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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
Steffens ProspectMicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in Treasure County

Storms near this place

60 of 83 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hysham in 83 storm reports between 1994 and 2019: 53 hail, 23 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 2 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
August 1998Tornado (F0)Hysham$200,000Two small tornadoes in Treasure County knocked down several trees, antennas and power poles. One power pole which contained a transformer started some fires after it fell. The tornadoes also damaged some houses and sheds.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindHysham$50,000no account filed
March 2019FloodHysham-Flooding due to an ice jam was reported on the Yellowstone River east of Amelia Island just north of Hysham. Low-land flooding along the river and adjacent farm fields was reported. One home experience some flooding. Otherwise, no major impacts were reported with this ice jam.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindHysham-A tree was blown down in the town of Hysham.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindHysham-A supercell thunderstorm moved rapidly northeast across far northwestern Treasure County. This storm then put out an outflow boundary that raced eastward across central Treasure County into the Yellowstone River Valley. An area of enhanced wind, estimated at 80 mph, developed in an area just north of Hysham northward to the Yellowstone River. Its estimated that upwards of 50 trees were either uprooted or snapped off. In addition, a mobile home was pushed off its blocks and a small garage (poorly constructed) was destroyed but contents left in place. Another home had numerous evergreens uprooted with damage to a garage and shed.
March 2014FloodHysham-Flooding as a result of an ice jam on the Yellowstone River was reported a few miles east of Hysham along Gibson and Van Olsen Roads. Some farm structures were damaged by the high water.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHysham-A wind gust of 60 mph resulting in a 12 foot fence being blown down was estimated in Hysham.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHysham-A estimated wind gust of 60 mph was reported in Hysham.
July 2010HailHysham-Broken windows and damaged siding was reported.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHysham-An estimated wind gust of 60 mph was reported on the north side of Hysham.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindHysham-Part of a roof was torn off a mobile home and thrown a half mile. Garage doors were also blown inward on a home.
June 2008HailHysham-Hail covered the ground.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindHysham-No damage was reported.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindHysham-Thunderstorm winds of 60 mph were reported.
June 2007HailHysham-Windshield broken as a result of golf ball size hail.
June 2007HailHysham-Trailer house windows broken as a result of golf ball size hail. Hail was in drifts.
May 2006HailHysham-Windows broken out
May 2006HailHysham-Nickel to quarter size hail covered the ground
May 2006Heavy RainHysham-Estimates of 1 inch of rain. People pumped water out of their basements. A sewer backed up causing water to flow over the steps of a bank.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindHysham-Fallen trees in town
May 2006Thunderstorm WindHysham-Porch roof blown off
May 2006HailHysham-Hail lasted 20 minutes. Power knocked out.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHysham-3 to 4 inch tree branches blown down
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHysham-Severe wind gusts occurred for a period of 20 minutes.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindHysham-Wind gusts estimated 60-70 mph with blowing dust. Also, several reports of strong rotation within the storm just north of Hysham with a wall cloud, but no tornado was noted.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHysham-Evergreen trees uprooted
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHysham-8 to 10 inch diameter tree branches broken
June 2002Thunderstorm WindHysham-70 mph thunderstorm wind gust. 5 inch diameter tree limb blown through car windshield.
August 2002Flash FloodHysham-Pease Bottom Road under water. Nearby fields flooded.
June 2001HailHysham-Heavy damage to homes and vehicles 8 miles southeast of Hysham
June 2001HailHysham-Broken windows in Hysham
July 2001Thunderstorm WindHysham-60 mph thunderstorm wind gust estimated by spotter.
July 1999Funnel CloudHysham-Treasure County Sheriff and Montana State Highway Patrol observed a funnel cloud west of Hysham.
July 1999HailHysham-Dime size hail reported by county sheriff.
August 1999HailHysham-Spotter report of dime size hail.
August 1999HailHysham-Dime size hail reported.
June 1999HailHysham-Spotter report of nickel size hail.
July 1999HailHysham-Dime size hail reported by sheriff.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindHysham-A Montana State Highway patrolman reported a 60 mph wind gust in the Hysham Hills area.
June 2019HailHysham-no account filed
July 2016HailHysham-no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHysham-no account filed
July 2011HailHysham-no account filed
May 2010HailHysham-no account filed
May 2010HailHysham-no account filed
May 2010HailHysham-no account filed
July 2010HailHysham-no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHysham-no account filed
June 2008HailHysham-no account filed
June 2007HailHysham-no account filed
June 2007HailHysham-no account filed
June 2007HailHysham-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHysham-no account filed
June 2006HailHysham-no account filed
August 2006HailHysham-no account filed
June 2005HailHysham-no account filed
July 2004HailHysham-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindHysham-no account filed
August 2002HailHysham-no account filed
June 2001HailHysham-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Treasure 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
Myers6.3 miles9
Sanders7.3 miles9
Rancher (historical)9.2 miles9
Etchetah (historical)12.6 miles12
Bighorn14.5 miles12
Kurtzville (historical)14.5 miles12
Burnt Creek (historical)18.7 miles8

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 HyshamAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q956063The 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 772654. 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.