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Lambert, Montana

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lambert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59243. It stands on Middle Fork Fox Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lambert quadrangle. It stands 2,359 feet above sea level.

Lambert within Richland County

On record in Lambert

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

3 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Lambert between 2016 and 2017, burning about 25 acres in total. None 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/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
11 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined23 acresEastern Land OfficeHEIGHTS
29 July 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEastern Land OfficeFOX
12 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresEastern Land OfficeBEERY - DAWSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Storms near this place

39 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lambert in 39 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 22 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 1 flood, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2012Thunderstorm WindLambert1 hurt, $162,000Initial reports came from Richland County Sheriff's Department and then also from trained spotters in the area. There were a total of 8 large steel tanks blown over that weigh 12,000-14,000 pounds each. They were empty, and not staked into the ground yet. They stood about 25 feet tall and 8 feet across. Consulted with expert damage assessors with NWS Warning Decision Training Branch and at the University of Oklahoma, who agreed with the NWS Glasgow wind speed estimate of 95 mph winds to blow those tanks over. A 5th wheel camper was also blown over at the site, and an occupant was injured, but was not transported to the closest medical center. A pickup truck was also crushed under the tanks.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindLambert$150,000Based on photos from emergency management and in discussion with those in the area, the wind speed is estimated to be at least 90 mph. Trees were stripped of their leaves, windows were broken, There was a home with part of the roof torn off, windows broken a shed completely destroyed, and a nearly one hundred year old barn that had been restored in the past two years that was destroyed.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindLambert$15,000Ten power poles that were only 1-2 years old were snapped by the powerful thunderstorm winds.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindLambert$6,000Six power poles and lines were downed in this area. Wind speeds estimated on other damage in the area and the EF Scale Toolkit.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindLambert-Public estimated 80 mph wind gusts.
August 2025HailLambert-Public reported quarter size hail, strong winds, and heavy rain.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindLambert-The mesonet site (D8633) near lambert recorded a 64 mph wind gust.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindLambert-The mesonet site near Lambert (D8633) recorded a 58 mph wind gust.
July 2024Funnel CloudLambert-A truck driver driving along MT Highway 201 reported seeing a brief funnel cloud.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLambert-A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindLambert-The mesonet site near Lambert (DW8633) measured a 70 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindLambert-Numerous power line poles were snapped at their bases, from County Road 201 southward on County Road 328 for a distance of up to 6 miles. Only a few poles were snapped about a third of the way up.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindLambert-Several newer and well-built homes in the town of Lambert were damaged, including siding stripped from the southwest corners.
June 2021HailLambert-Several newer and well-built homes in the town of Lambert were damaged, including siding stripped from the southwest corners. Hail stones at least the size of quarters were assumed.
June 2021HailLambert-Trained spotter reported walnut size hail.
September 2019HailLambert-Trained spotter reported golf ball size hail, along with heavy rain.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindLambert-Trained spotter reported 60 mph wind gusts.
June 2018HailLambert-Trained spotter reported quarter size hail and heavy rain.
June 2018HailLambert-Public reported, via Facebook, golf ball size hail on the south edge of the town of Lambert.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindLambert-Trained spotter reported a downed power pole and a few large tree branches, about 6 inches in diameter, snapped.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindLambert-Snapped off branches from trees. Pea sized hail also fell.
May 2011FloodLambert-Creeks and streams flowed out of their banks in some areas.
June 2010HailLambert-Nickel size hail was reported by a trained spotter.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindLambert-The spotter reported pea size hail along with the wind.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLambert-4 to 6 inch branches broken off of trees.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindLambert-The wind was accompanied by pea sized hail.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindLambert-The wind was accompanied by pea sized hail.
August 2002HailLambert-Hail destroyed wheat crop 3 miles north of Lambert.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindLambert-no account filed
March 2004HailLambert-no account filed
March 2004HailLambert-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindLambert-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindLambert-no account filed
August 1999HailLambert-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindLambert-no account filed
August 1998HailLambert-no account filed
August 1998HailLambert-no account filed
August 1998HailLambert-no account filed
August 1995HailLambert-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Richland 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
Fox Lake0.1 miles7
Enid8.5 miles7
Girard16.5 miles7
Brorson (historical)18.4 miles7
Andes19.1 miles7
Midway19.7 miles7
Sears (historical)19.9 miles7
Mona (historical)20.1 miles7

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 LambertAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q141249854The 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 773193. 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.