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Richey, Montana

5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Richey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59259. The Survey maps it on the Richey quadrangle. 164 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,503 feet above sea level.

Richey within Dawson County

Population over time

2 figures

Richey fell from 177 to 164 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
2010177
2020164-13 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 5 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

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Richey in 2017, burning about 5 acres in total. None 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/undetermined1

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
6 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresEastern Land OfficeKEELAND

Every fire recorded in Dawson County

Storms near this place

54 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richey in 54 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 27 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 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
July 2004Thunderstorm WindRichey$200,000The area from about 10 miles southeast of Richey to 2 miles southeast of Bloomfield had approximately 12,000 acres of crop damage and high winds that caused some grain hoppers to be blown over. A grain hopper near county road 515 was completely toppled over and rolled about 150 to 200 yards downstream. Two miles southeast of Bloomfield, there were 5 grain hoppers that weigh 5,500 pound each, and two of the hoppers were toppled over. The crop damage was due to hail reported up to 1.5 inches in diameter with winds in the 40 to 60 mph range that lasted for 30 to 45 minutes.
August 2024HailRichey-Public reported hail up to the size of ping pong balls.
June 2023Funnel CloudRichey-Public reported a funnel cloud near Richey.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindRichey-Public estimated thunderstorm wind gusts around 75 mph.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindRichey-Public reported windows blown out from thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2021HailRichey-Public estimated quarter size hail.
June 2021HailRichey-Public reported hail up to the size of quarters covering the ground.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindRichey-Public estimated a 70 mph thunderstorm wind gust which blew some tree branches down.
June 2018Flash FloodRichey-Public reported streams running bankful and 1-2 feet of water running over a road.
May 2018HailRichey-Via social media, public reported golf ball size hail.
May 2018HailRichey-Trained spotter reported hail up to the size of quarters and heavy rain.
May 2018HailRichey-Trained spotter reported ping pong ball size hail and heavy rain.
June 2018HailRichey-Public reported half dollar size hail.
June 2018HailRichey-Public reported ping pong ball size hail. Time based on radar.
June 2018HailRichey-A storm chaser reported quarter size hail.
June 2018Flash FloodRichey-Public reported multiple streams flooding and water up to 2 feet over a road.
June 2017HailRichey-Trained spotter reported quarter size hail.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindRichey-Public estimated 75 mph wind gusts.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindRichey-Public reported a 65 mph wind gust.
June 2015HailRichey-Trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRichey-Trained spotter estimated a wind gust of 55-60 mph.
June 2015HailRichey-Public reported mostly penny-sized hail mixed with some quarter-sized hailstones, and measured a wind gust of 52 mph.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindRichey-Trained spotter measured a 70 mph wind gust from a dying rain shower downburst which knocked down a tree.
July 2013HailRichey-Trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRichey-Spotter estimated wind gusts up to 65 mph.
July 2012HailRichey-Spotter estimated hail up to the size of pennies.
March 2011FloodRichey-Small creeks and streams as well as the Redwater River were out of their banks.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindRichey-Spotter also measured 1.78 inches of rain.
August 2010HailRichey-Mixed in mostly with quarter size hail.
July 2010HailRichey-Penny size hail was reported with this storm. Winds were estimated at 30 mph.
September 2009HailRichey-Rainfall of 0.4 inches also occurred.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindRichey-The spotter estimated wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph.
August 2009Heavy RainRichey-Spotter received 2.00 inches of rain from the thunderstorm.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindRichey-Accompanied by pea sized hail.
August 1995Tornado (F1)Richey-The Saddle Club grounds office building was turned upside down. A set of bleachers on the grounds was thrown about forty feet into the arena and roof were torn off rest rooms. A camper trailer was totally destroyed.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindRichey-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindRichey-no account filed
August 2006HailRichey-no account filed
July 2004HailRichey-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindRichey-no account filed
July 2001Funnel CloudRichey-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindRichey-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindRichey-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindRichey-no account filed
July 2001HailRichey-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindRichey-no account filed
July 2000HailRichey-no account filed
July 2000HailRichey-no account filed
July 1999HailRichey-no account filed
July 1999HailRichey-no account filed
July 1999HailRichey-no account filed
June 1997HailRichey-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindRichey-no account filed
August 1995HailRichey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dawson 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
Paxton (historical)14.1 miles5
Bloomfield18.0 miles7
Corral Creek (historical)18.3 miles6
Red Top21.2 miles7
Mink (historical)23.1 miles6
Lindsay29.4 miles6
Union (historical)33.8 miles6
Stipek36.9 miles7

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 RicheyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q954438The 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 775750. 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.