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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.

Klein within Musselshell County

Population over time

3 figures

Klein 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.

YearPeople Change
2000188
2010168-20 (-11%)
2020163-5 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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 2006

Regional 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/undetermined5
Natural4

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
4 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMusselshell County67 GRUBSTAKERD.
4 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresSouthern Land Office4TH
29 July 2014Natural102 acresBillings Field OfficeBENDER ROAD FIRE
23 July 2006Natural317 acresSouthern Land OfficeJUNIPER
22 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeRIVER WALK
22 July 2014Natural20 acresBillings Field OfficePARADISE FIRE
19 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeRED ROCK KLEIN
15 July 2007Natural6.0 acresBillings Field OfficeWELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Musselshell County

Storms near this place

31 since 2004

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Flash FloodKlein-Some road damage was reported.
June 2023Flash FloodKlein-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 2020HailKlein-The average hail size was 0.5 inches and covered the ground.
June 2019HailKlein-Quarter size hail was reported in Klein.
May 2013Debris FlowKlein-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 2013Thunderstorm WindKlein-Large tree branches were broken.
June 2013Funnel CloudKlein-There were multiple funnel cloud reports.
July 2013Flash FloodKlein-Flash flooding again occurred across portions of the Dahl and Wilson Burn Scar areas with water running across many county roads.
June 2013Flash FloodKlein-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 2013Flash FloodKlein-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 2013Flash FloodKlein-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 2011Thunderstorm WindKlein-A large 10x20 foot horse shed was destroyed by outflow winds from showers and a weak thunderstorm.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindKlein-A spotter reported roofing being torn off a shed, as well as lawn chairs being smashed due to a thunderstorm wind gust.
May 2005HailKlein-Dean Creek area
August 2004Tornado (F0)Klein-Gustnado developed along boundary ahead of weak convection. Shed was destroyed and blowninto a suburban.
June 2021HailKlein-no account filed
June 2021HailKlein-no account filed
June 2021HailKlein-no account filed
July 2020HailKlein-no account filed
June 2018HailKlein-no account filed
June 2018HailKlein-no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindKlein-no account filed
June 2016Thunderstorm WindKlein-no account filed
July 2016HailKlein-no account filed
June 2013HailKlein-no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindKlein-no account filed
July 2010HailKlein-no account filed
July 2009HailKlein-no account filed
July 2009HailKlein-no account filed
July 2009HailKlein-no account filed
July 2009HailKlein-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Musselshell 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
Farralltown0.5 miles6
Republic (historical)0.6 miles6
Gibbtown0.7 miles6
Riverside2.3 miles6
Camp Three2.7 miles6
Roundup2.9 miles6
Elso7.8 miles6
Gage9.7 miles6

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 KleinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q964052The 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.