Klein, Montana
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Klein census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59072. It lies near Deadman Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Roundup quadrangle. 163 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,284 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresKlein fell from 188 to 163 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 188 | |
| 2010 | 168 | -20 (-11%) |
| 2020 | 163 | -5 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Roundup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Roundup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Roundup quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Roundup quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Klein between 2006 and 2020, burning about 460 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Musselshell County | 67 GRUBSTAKERD. |
| 4 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Southern Land Office | 4TH |
| 29 July 2014 | Natural | 102 acres | Billings Field Office | BENDER ROAD FIRE |
| 23 July 2006 | Natural | 317 acres | Southern Land Office | JUNIPER |
| 22 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | RIVER WALK |
| 22 July 2014 | Natural | 20 acres | Billings Field Office | PARADISE FIRE |
| 19 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | RED ROCK KLEIN |
| 15 July 2007 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Billings Field Office | WELL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
31 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Klein in 31 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 16 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Klein | - | Some road damage was reported. |
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Klein | - | East Parrot Creek road was underwater. West Parrot Creek Road and other rural/private roads in the vicinity that contained culverts were nearly washed out. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Klein | - | The average hail size was 0.5 inches and covered the ground. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Klein | - | Quarter size hail was reported in Klein. |
| May 2013 | Debris Flow | Klein | - | Flash flooding occurred in the Dahl Fire burn scar area, especially along the drainages on the western side of the burn area. Water flowed across Buckskin Road and flooding was also significant in the Harper Coulee. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Klein | - | Large tree branches were broken. |
| June 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Klein | - | There were multiple funnel cloud reports. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Klein | - | Flash flooding again occurred across portions of the Dahl and Wilson Burn Scar areas with water running across many county roads. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Klein | - | There were numerous spotter reports and DES (Department of Emergency Services) reports of flash flooding along Halfbreed Creek south of Roundup near the Wilson Burn area. The DES also reported high water and debris over numerous roads in the Dahl and Wilson Burn areas. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Klein | - | Several roads in the Dahl and Wilson Burn Scar areas were impacted by flash flooding, including Harper Coulee, Buckskin, Shortcut, Hampton, McCord and Aspen. Many private roads experienced significant erosion due to very heavy rainfall. Radar estimated 1 to 2 inches in an hour. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Klein | - | Flash flooding occurred across portions of the Wilson and Dahl Fire burn scar areas. Radar estimated between 1 and 2 inches of rain fell in an hour. |
| October 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Klein | - | A large 10x20 foot horse shed was destroyed by outflow winds from showers and a weak thunderstorm. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Klein | - | A spotter reported roofing being torn off a shed, as well as lawn chairs being smashed due to a thunderstorm wind gust. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Klein | - | Dean Creek area |
| August 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Klein | - | Gustnado developed along boundary ahead of weak convection. Shed was destroyed and blowninto a suburban. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Klein | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Klein | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Klein | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Klein | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Klein | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Klein | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Klein | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Klein | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Klein | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Klein | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Klein | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Klein | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Klein | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Klein | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Klein | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Klein | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farralltown | 0.5 miles | 6 | |
| Republic (historical) | 0.6 miles | 6 | |
| Gibbtown | 0.7 miles | 6 | |
| Riverside | 2.3 miles | 6 | |
| Camp Three | 2.7 miles | 6 | |
| Roundup | 2.9 miles | 6 | |
| Elso | 7.8 miles | 6 | |
| Gage | 9.7 miles | 6 |
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 Klein | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q964052 | 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 773097. 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.
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.



