Moorhead, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Otter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59317. It stands on Trail Creek. The Survey maps it on the Moorhead quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Ekalaka quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Moorhead quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Broadus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
55 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Moorhead between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,684 acres in total. 53 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 53 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1994 | Natural | 1,300 acres | Miles City Field Office | FLUFFY |
| 7 September 2014 | Natural | 230 acres | Miles City Field Office | BRADSHAW |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | 6.5 acres | Miles City Field Office | DRY CREEK |
| 5 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | KELSEY DRAW |
| 5 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | GRAVEL PIT |
| 13 September 2015 | Natural | 15 acres | Miles City Field Office | SAMS |
| 10 September 2018 | Natural | 98 acres | Miles City Field Office | ROUGH |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | BOOT JACK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
24 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moorhead in 24 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 11 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorhead | - | Mesonet station Bradshaw Creek. |
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Moorhead | - | Moorhead Road was washed out at Plum Creek. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Moorhead | - | Heavy rain across the area, combined with snow melt over the Big Horn Mountains, resulted in rising water levels along the Powder River in Powder River County. Although there were reports of numerous flooded fields, no significant impacts were observed. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorhead | - | Strong winds flipped over a snowmobile trailer. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorhead | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was estimated 9 miles northeast of Moorhead. The wind was accompanied by pea size hail and very heavy rain. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorhead | - | Winds estimated at 60 mph occurred 10 miles northeast of Moorhead. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorhead | - | A wind gust of 65 mph was estimated 4 miles southeast of Moorhead. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorhead | - | Estimated wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph along with very heavy rain was reported 6 miles east/southeast of Moorhead. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorhead | - | 65 mph measured wind gust at Bradshaw Creek RAWS. 1.44 inches of rain also measured within an hour. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Moorhead | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Moorhead | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorhead | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorhead | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Moorhead | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Moorhead | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Moorhead | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Moorhead | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Moorhead | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Moorhead | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Moorhead | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Moorhead | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Moorhead | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorhead | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorhead | - | 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.
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 Moorhead | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18391144 | 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 774368. 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.





