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.
Population over time
2 figuresRichey 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 177 | |
| 2020 | 164 | -13 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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 Glendive quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Richey quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2017Regional 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/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | KEELAND |
Storms near this place
54 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richey | $200,000 | The 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 2024 | Hail | Richey | - | Public reported hail up to the size of ping pong balls. |
| June 2023 | Funnel Cloud | Richey | - | Public reported a funnel cloud near Richey. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richey | - | Public estimated thunderstorm wind gusts around 75 mph. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richey | - | Public reported windows blown out from thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Richey | - | Public estimated quarter size hail. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Richey | - | Public reported hail up to the size of quarters covering the ground. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richey | - | Public estimated a 70 mph thunderstorm wind gust which blew some tree branches down. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Richey | - | Public reported streams running bankful and 1-2 feet of water running over a road. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Richey | - | Via social media, public reported golf ball size hail. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Richey | - | Trained spotter reported hail up to the size of quarters and heavy rain. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Richey | - | Trained spotter reported ping pong ball size hail and heavy rain. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Richey | - | Public reported half dollar size hail. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Richey | - | Public reported ping pong ball size hail. Time based on radar. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Richey | - | A storm chaser reported quarter size hail. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Richey | - | Public reported multiple streams flooding and water up to 2 feet over a road. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Richey | - | Trained spotter reported quarter size hail. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richey | - | Public estimated 75 mph wind gusts. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richey | - | Public reported a 65 mph wind gust. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Richey | - | Trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richey | - | Trained spotter estimated a wind gust of 55-60 mph. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Richey | - | Public reported mostly penny-sized hail mixed with some quarter-sized hailstones, and measured a wind gust of 52 mph. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richey | - | Trained spotter measured a 70 mph wind gust from a dying rain shower downburst which knocked down a tree. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Richey | - | Trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richey | - | Spotter estimated wind gusts up to 65 mph. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Richey | - | Spotter estimated hail up to the size of pennies. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Richey | - | Small creeks and streams as well as the Redwater River were out of their banks. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richey | - | Spotter also measured 1.78 inches of rain. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Richey | - | Mixed in mostly with quarter size hail. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Richey | - | Penny size hail was reported with this storm. Winds were estimated at 30 mph. |
| September 2009 | Hail | Richey | - | Rainfall of 0.4 inches also occurred. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richey | - | The spotter estimated wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph. |
| August 2009 | Heavy Rain | Richey | - | Spotter received 2.00 inches of rain from the thunderstorm. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richey | - | Accompanied by pea sized hail. |
| August 1995 | Tornado (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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richey | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richey | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Richey | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Richey | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richey | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Richey | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richey | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richey | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richey | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Richey | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richey | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Richey | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Richey | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Richey | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Richey | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Richey | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Richey | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richey | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Hail | Richey | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paxton (historical) | 14.1 miles | 5 | |
| Bloomfield | 18.0 miles | 7 | |
| Corral Creek (historical) | 18.3 miles | 6 | |
| Red Top | 21.2 miles | 7 | |
| Mink (historical) | 23.1 miles | 6 | |
| Lindsay | 29.4 miles | 6 | |
| Union (historical) | 33.8 miles | 6 | |
| Stipek | 36.9 miles | 7 |
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 Richey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q954438 | 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 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.



