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Powderville, Montana

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Broadus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59345. It stands on W L Creek. The Survey maps it on the Powderville quadrangle. It stands 2,828 feet above sea level.

Powderville within Powder River County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

6 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Powderville between 2000 and 2016, burning about 4,225 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined4
Natural2

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
8 September 2000Natural4,180 acresMiles City Field OfficeSIXMILE
6 July 2000Natural1.0 acresMiles City Field OfficeNATURAL
26 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresSouthern Land OfficeSARPY CREEK
11 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresEastern Land OfficeBROADUS WEST - ROSEBUD
8 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresEastern Land OfficeRICHARDS-ROSEBUD
8 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresEastern Land OfficeBROADUS EAST - ROSEBUD

Every fire recorded in Powder River County

Storms near this place

15 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Powderville in 15 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 8 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025HailPowderville-Facebook Report .
June 2023Thunderstorm WindPowderville-Several Cottonwood trees were blown down due to winds estimated at 70 mph.
July 2019Flash FloodPowderville-Water was reported flowing over several roads. A report indicated 4 inches of rain fell within 3 hours.
June 2015Flash FloodPowderville-Widespread flooding was reported across low lying areas. Flooding along Pilgrim Creek was also reported. Residents were stranded on the Broadus side of Pilgrim Creek as water became too deep to drive through. Water was also reported to have covered several rural roads with a foot of water.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindPowderville-A wind gust of 60 mph was estimated.
July 2013HailPowderville-A few hailstones up to quarter size with winds around 60 mph damaged a house.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindPowderville-Part of a barn roof was peeled off along with extensive tree damage occurred do to strong winds. Hail up to the size of quarters was also reported.
June 2012HailPowderville-The hail ranged in size from pea to quarter size.
July 2019HailPowderville-no account filed
June 2016Thunderstorm WindPowderville-no account filed
June 2015HailPowderville-no account filed
June 2015HailPowderville-no account filed
June 2015HailPowderville-no account filed
August 2013HailPowderville-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindPowderville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Powder River 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
Sixmile Crossing6.3 miles7
Coalwood25.3 miles7
Olive26.2 miles7
Broadus26.7 miles8
Epsie33.9 miles8
Cameron Crossing37.6 miles7
Stacey41.2 miles9
Moores (historical)42.4 miles8

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 PowdervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14704756The 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 775415. 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.