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Lockwood, Montana

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Billings census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59101. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Billings East quadrangle. 7,195 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,094 feet above sea level.

Lockwood within Yellowstone County

Population over time

2 figures

Lockwood grew from 6,797 to 7,195 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
20106,797
20207,195+398 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 19 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

139 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Lockwood between 1994 and 2020, burning about 5,669 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined103
Equipment and vehicle use9
Fireworks8
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land OfficePICCOLO LN & HWY 87E
9 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeMAIN STREET FIRE
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresYellowstone CountyFANTAN ST AND GRANDA BLVD
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeAPPLE
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeHEMLOCK
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeOLD HARDEN ROAD
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresYellowstone CountyCOBURN
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreYellowstone CountyFIRE 1051

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yellowstone County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lockwood: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Bentonite, 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
Concrete Products Co.ShaleBentoniteProducer
Meyer Construction Crusher #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bent Clay PitClayPast Producer
Lovell Clay ProductsClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Yellowstone County

Storms near this place

43 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lockwood in 43 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 24 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 2 flash 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
August 2025Thunderstorm WindLockwood-Mesonet weather station sdam8 Soda Springs.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLockwood-Time estimated from radar .
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLockwood-Mesonet station Soda Springs.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindLockwood-Mesonet station sdam8 at Soda Springs.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLockwood-Mesonet station Soda Springs.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindLockwood-Winds in the Lockwood area were estimated at 70 mph.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindLockwood-A wind gust of 58 mph was recorded 6 miles south of Lockwood.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindLockwood-Tree branches 6 inches in diameter were broken.
June 2015Flash FloodLockwood-Flash flooding was reported on portions of Wets and Vale Creeks.
June 2015HailLockwood-The public reported half-dollar size hail with a 59 mph wind gust. A spotter reported some roof damage with some shingles scattered about his property.
May 2014HailLockwood-The hail broke a basement window.
June 2013Flash FloodLockwood-Pictograph State Park reported some trails were under water and experiencing erosion and therefore closed. Radar estimated rainfall around 2 inches in less than an hour.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindLockwood-A wind gust of 60 mph along with very heavy rain and small hail was reported 4 miles east of Billings.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindLockwood-A wind gust estimated at 60 mph was reported.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindLockwood-A wind gust of 60 mph was estimated in Briarwood.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindLockwood-A wind gust of 60 mph was estimated just southeast of Billings and resulted in some power outages.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindLockwood-Soda Springs RAWS measured a wind gust of 61 mph.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindLockwood-60 mph thunderstorm wind gust
July 1998HailLockwood-Several reports of quarter sized hail in the Lockwood area.
August 2024HailLockwood-no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindLockwood-no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLockwood-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindLockwood-no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindLockwood-no account filed
August 2019HailLockwood-no account filed
August 2017HailLockwood-no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindLockwood-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLockwood-no account filed
June 2016HailLockwood-no account filed
July 2016HailLockwood-no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindLockwood-no account filed
June 2015HailLockwood-no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindLockwood-no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindLockwood-no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindLockwood-no account filed
July 2011HailLockwood-no account filed
July 2011HailLockwood-no account filed
June 2010HailLockwood-no account filed
June 2001HailLockwood-no account filed
July 2001HailLockwood-no account filed
April 1999HailLockwood-no account filed
June 1997Funnel CloudLockwood-no account filed
July 1996HailLockwood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yellowstone 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
Hirsch0.1 miles19
Billings Heights2.5 miles19
Cline4.4 miles16
Billings5.2 miles11
Huntley8.2 miles17
Cameron Park8.9 miles11
Shepherd9.4 miles17
Yegen12.8 miles12

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 LockwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q960561The 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 1867340. 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.