Pryor, Montana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Crow Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59066. It stands on Lost Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pryor quadrangle. 637 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,062 feet above sea level.
On record in Pryor
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
Chief Plenty Coups (Alek-Chea-Ahoosh) HouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1970
Population over time
2 figuresPryor grew from 618 to 637 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 | 618 | |
| 2020 | 637 | +19 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Billings quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Pryor quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Bridger quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
313 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 313 fires within 5 miles of Pryor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,168 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 22 were 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 | 74 |
| Fireworks | 70 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Natural | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Crow Agency | KERN |
| 8 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Crow Agency | TURN |
| 7 September 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Crow Agency | GAP ROAD |
| 7 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Crow Agency | HOME |
| 5 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Crow Agency | CERVANTES |
| 5 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Crow Agency | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Crow Agency | ARROW CREEK |
| 4 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 524 acres | Crow Agency | ROADSIDE 484 |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pryor: 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Clay and Shale Occurrence | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
15 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pryor in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 11 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 | Hail | Pryor | - | Two and a half inch hail reported. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Pryor | - | Two and 3 quarters inch hail reported. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Pryor | - | Report from mping. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Pryor | - | Two inch hail reported. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Pryor | - | A nearly stationary thunderstorm was situated over portions of western Big Horn County during the late evening hours on the 26th into the early morning hours of the 27th. Several inches of rain fell across this area within just a few hours. Flash flooding occurred on Pryor, Fly and Woody Creeks which resulted in damage to roads and bridges. Culverts were also displaced. Damage to trap and skeet field buildings at a fishing and shooting club was also reported. |
| March 2014 | Flood | Pryor | - | Low land flooding occurred near Wyola as some houses were flooded. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Pryor | - | Hail was mostly dime size with a few quarter size and was accompanied by 55 mph winds. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pryor | - | Two large Cottonwood trees were toppled. In addition, hail (size unknown) damaged trailers and resulted in broken out windshields. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Pryor | - | Flooding was reported on Bowler Flats in the Pryors. In addition, water was flowing across Railbed Road due to flooding along Sage Creek. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Pryor | - | .75 inch hail reported by law enforcement. |
| July 2005 | Hail | Pryor | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Pryor | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Pryor | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Pryor | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Pryor | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Smith | 32.6 miles | 13 | |
| Toluca | 41.3 miles | 10 | |
| Corinth | 42.1 miles | 11 | |
| Saint Xavier | 43.1 miles | 13 | |
| Rowley | 45.1 miles | 10 | |
| Hardin | 53.1 miles | 12 | |
| Carperville (historical) | 57.0 miles | 11 | |
| Dunmore | 57.2 miles | 12 |
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 Pryor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q961478 | 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 775473. 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.




