Nashua, Montana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Glasgow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59248. It stands on Porcupine Creek Overflow. The Survey maps it on the Nashua quadrangle. 301 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,064 feet above sea level.

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Nashua within Valley County

On record in Nashua

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

Charles C. Sargent Houselisted 1982

Population over time

2 figures

Nashua grew from 290 to 301 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.

Year	People	Change
2010	290
2020	301	+11 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

1914 USGS Nashua quadrangle1:62500
1916 USGS Nashua quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1954 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1972 USGS Nashua quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

15 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Nashua between 1996 and 2018, burning about 754 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Natural	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Smoking	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
16 September 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	2.4 acres	Fort Peck Agency	3 E NASHUA
16 September 1998	Natural	8.6 acres	Fort Peck Agency	WIOTA 2
7 August 2010	Natural	under an acre	Fort Peck Agency	MARK NEILS RES
16 August 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fort Peck Agency	WHEAT
10 August 2018	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fort Peck Agency	HEADER
28 July 2010	Debris and open burning	248 acres	Fort Peck Agency	N. GLENTANA
26 July 1997	Smoking	16 acres	Fort Peck Agency	WIOTA
24 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Northeastern Land Office	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Wiota (historical)

Every fire recorded in Valley County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Nashua: 6 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Valley County

Storms near this place

60 of 75 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nashua in 75 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 35 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 13 flood, 4 heavy rain. 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 2007	Hail	Nashua	$3,000,000	One hundred percent of the businesses and homes in the town were damaged from the combination of large hail and damaging winds. Many vehicles also had significant damage. Damages included roofing, windows, gutters, siding, trees and gardens. See entire episode narrative for full details.
May 1994	Hail	Nashua	$50,000	no account filed
May 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Nashua	$50,000	no account filed
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Nashua	-	Wind gust measured by observation equipment 5 miles north-northeast of Nashua.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Nashua	-	A trained spotter estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2023	Flood	Nashua	-	The Milk River at Nashua (NSHM8) rose above its flood stage of 20 feet at 9:50 PM on April 12th. The river then crested at 26.47 feet at 11:00 AM on April 18th. The river would fall below flood stage at 9:40 AM on April 25th.
April 2023	Flood	Nashua	-	The Milk River at Nashua (NSHM8) rose above its flood stage of 20 feet at 1:05 PM on April 11th. The river then crested at 20.39 feet at 1:15 PM on April 11th. The river would fall below flood stage at 3:00 PM on April 11th.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Nashua	-	A trained spotter measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph.
March 2020	Flood	Nashua	-	Excessive snow melt caused flooding at the river gauge on the Milk River near Nashua (NSHM8). The gauge recorded river levels rising above the flood stage of 20.0 feet at 12:16 PM MST on March 7th. The river crested at 21.75 feet at 10:00 PM MST on March 8th. River levels dropped back down below flood stage at 9:38 AM MST on March 12th.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Nashua	-	Public reported, via Facebook, a tree was blown down, knocking a fence over. Time estimated by radar.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Nashua	-	Public reported, via Facebook, that several trees were blown down.
May 2020	Funnel Cloud	Nashua	-	Trained spotter reported a funnel cloud located just east of the town of Whatley.
May 2020	Tornado (EF0)	Nashua	-	NWS employees conducted a storm survey, which showed evidence of a brief tornado near the town of Whatley, traveling north across US Highway 2. Damage included: the doors blown in and part of the roof blown off of a metal barn with metal roofing scattered around for 100 yards, a cottonwood tree was snapped, the metal roof of a house was peeled back, a carport roof was completely ripped off, and an aluminum boat was blown 100 feet. Peak winds speeds were estimated at 80 mph. Tornado was rated an EF-0.
July 2020	Hail	Nashua	-	Public reported plentiful hail up to the size of golf balls, near covering the ground.
July 2020	Hail	Nashua	-	Public reported hail up to the size of quarters.
April 2019	Flood	Nashua	-	Continuing the flooding from the end of March, recent melting of the larger snowpack allowed the Nashua river gauge reading (NSHM8) along the Milk River to remain above the flood stage of 20.0 into the first week of April. The river dropped back down below flood stage at 6:24 AM MST on the 5th.
March 2019	Flood	Nashua	-	During the morning of March 24th, at the Nashua forecast point (NSHM8) along the Milk River, recent snow melt caused the river level to rise above the flood stage of 20.0 feet at 10:29 AM MST. The river crested at 27.47 feet at 4:43 PM MST on the 26th. The river level remained high and flooding continued through the end of the month.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Nashua	-	Public reported damage to a grain bin.
August 2019	Heavy Rain	Nashua	-	Public reported, via social media, a 24-hour rainfall total of 3.00 inches.
August 2019	Heavy Rain	Nashua	-	Public reported, via social media, a 24-hour rainfall total of 3.10 inches.
April 2018	Flood	Nashua	-	Excessive snow melt caused flooding at the river gauge on the Milk River near Nashua (NSHM8). The gauge recorded river levels reaching flood stage at 8:30 PM MST on April 25th. The river crested at 22.35 feet at 2:15 PM MST on April 30th. River levels remained at or above flood stage into May.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Nashua	-	Public reported damage to a tin roof and some playground equipment. Tin and wood debris was scattered across the property. The damaging winds lasted at least 25 minutes.
May 2018	Flood	Nashua	-	The Milk River at Nashua (NSHM8) began flooding on April 25th due to excessive snowmelt. This flooding continued into May, cresting at 22.35 feet at 2:15 PM MST on April 30th, with a second crest of 22.33 feet on May 1st at 4:15 AM MST. The river levels then began to drop, finally dropping below flood stage on May 6th at 9:30 AM MST.
June 2016	Hail	Nashua	-	Public reported quarter sized hail.
June 2016	Hail	Nashua	-	Trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail.
June 2016	Hail	Nashua	-	Trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail and 10 broken windows among various buildings. Time estimated from radar.
June 2016	Hail	Nashua	-	Public reported penny sized hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph.
June 2016	Hail	Nashua	-	Trained spotter reported half dollar sized hail.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Nashua	-	Trained spotter reported roof blown off a barn.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Nashua	-	Trained spotter reported a roof blew off a barn.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Nashua	-	Winds estimated to 80 mph and blew shingles off a roof, and broke a window. Duration of very strong winds was at least 20 minutes.
August 2014	Flood	Nashua	-	The Milk River at Nashua (NSHM8) rose above its flood stage of 20 feet at 6:40 AM MST on August 26th, crested in minor flooding at 22.97 feet at 1:59 PM MST on August 27th, then fell back down below flood stage at 9:50 AM MST on August 31st.
May 2014	Hail	Nashua	-	Trained spotter reported quarter-sized to half dollar-sized hail.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Nashua	-	Public estimated 80 mph winds which blew shingles off a roof and broke a window.
July 2013	Hail	Nashua	-	Public reported quarter-sized hail covering the ground and heavy rain. Duration of hail was 10 minutes.
July 2013	Hail	Nashua	-	Trained spotter reported mostly pea-sized hail with a few hail stones the size of half dollars.
August 2013	Hail	Nashua	-	Public reported hail up the size of half dollars.
July 2013	Hail	Nashua	-	Trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail covering the road.
June 2012	Hail	Nashua	-	Dime to quarter sized hail was reported by the public and lasted 7 minutes about 2 miles northwest of Nashua in Valley County.
April 2011	Flood	Nashua	-	The USGS River Gauge at Nashua rose above flood stage, cresting on the 17th above moderate flood stage.
June 2011	Heavy Rain	Nashua	-	Rain accumulation of 1/2 an inch in 20 minutes.
June 2011	Hail	Nashua	-	Estimated golfball size hail.
June 2011	Hail	Nashua	-	Estimated 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch hail. Also, heavy rain reducing visibility.
June 2011	Flood	Nashua	-	Two to three inches of new rainfall on saturated soils resulted in flooding in places such as the Porcupine Creek.
June 2011	Flood	Nashua	-	The river gauge near Nashua rose above Flood Stage on May 23rd, cresting at 29.52 feet on the 8th. The river fell below Flood Stage on the 27th.
July 2011	Hail	Nashua	-	Hail still visible on the ground 4 hours after the event. Some crop damage noted.
May 2011	Flood	Nashua	-	Gage reading at the Nashua gage rose to 23.12 feet on May 31st. Flood stage is 20 feet.
May 2011	Flood	Nashua	-	The USGS River Gauge at Nashua showed falling levels to below the flood stage on May 1st.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Nashua	-	Severe winds blowing through town with yard and garbage debris blowing throughout the city.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Nashua	-	A macroburst occurred where damage consisted of one doublewide manufactured home with the roof blown off, one empty storage building blown apart, and about 3 miles of downed power lines (approximately 44 poles all together) starting near mile marker 10 north of Nashua on the Nashua Road (State Highway 438). The power poles were snapped cleanly, mostly at ground level. As the poles were around 10 years old and relatively strong looking, and there were 3 miles of snapped poles, the NWS officials estimated the winds to be around 120 mph. The house and storage building had less wind, since nearby poles were not snapped at those locations. This also was the origination point to where a combined swath of hail and wind damaged 70 to 100 percent of the crops east southeast to the Roosevelt County border. This storm continued into extreme southwest Roosevelt County.\|\|According to the USDA Hazard Risk Assessment indemnity figures, approximately $750,000 worth of crop damage occurred with this storm (as of October 12, 2010).
May 2009	Heavy Rain	Nashua	-	Rainfall 0.45 in 15 minutes.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Nashua	-	Took a stainless steal BBQ grill off the deck and rolled it over across the yard.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Nashua	-	Four large cottonwood trees damaged. One tree snapped at base, one about six feet up, and the other two had very large branches/trunks blown down.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Nashua	-	Wind estimated at 60 to 70 mph.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Nashua	-	One hundred percent of the businesses and homes in the town were damaged from the combination of large hail and damaging winds. Many vehicles also had significant damage. Damages included roofing, windows, gutters, siding, trees and gardens. Damage amounts in Nashua to property are estimated at 3 millions dollars. See entire episode narrative for full details.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Nashua	-	Sheet metal torn off of a barn
June 2005	Flash Flood	Nashua	-	Fields were flooded along both sides of US Highway 2.
July 2011	Hail	Nashua	-	no account filed
July 2011	Hail	Nashua	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Nashua	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Valley 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Wiota (historical)	5.6 miles	11
Idlewile (historical)	7.2 miles	11
Park Dale (historical)	7.6 miles	11
Free Deal (historical)	7.8 miles	11
Park Grove	8.5 miles	11
Whately	8.5 miles	10
Square Deal (historical)	8.7 miles	11
New Deal (historical)	9.4 miles	11

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 Nashua	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q961104	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 774553. 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.