Roy, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Roy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59471. The Survey maps it on the Roy quadrangle. 96 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,494 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRoy fell from 108 to 96 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 | 108 | |
| 2020 | 96 | -12 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Roy quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Winnett quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Roy between 1998 and 2018, burning about 5 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | North Central Montana District | N O #5 |
| 24 July 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | North Central Montana District | N O #2 |
| 28 June 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 28 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.3 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
45 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roy in 45 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 27 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew off a large section of shed roof. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | AWOS station K1OM Oscar measured a 68 mph wind gust. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | MT DOT sensor Bohemian Corner (MTBOH) measured a 61 mph wind gust. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | Roy E hydromet peak gust. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | AWOS station K1OM Oscar. Peak gust for the thunderstorm at this sensor. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | Mesonet station ARMM8 Armells Creek RAWS measured a 70 mph wind gust. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | Montana mesonet station Roy E. Sustained winds of 44 mph at time of report. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | Mesonet station mtm42 BLM roy measured a 64 mph gust. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | Time was estimated by radar, location 18 NNE of Roy. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | AWOS station K1OM Oscar measured a 65 kt (75 mph) thunderstorm wind gust. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | Oscar awos station k1om. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Roy | - | Pictures provided by Outdoor Recreation Planner for Upper Missouri River Breaks NM, Fort Benton, Fergus County. James Kipp boat ramp had to be closed and locked due to flooding. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Roy | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch hail at Roy 10NE. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 64 mph at Roy 2E. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Roy | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Roy 10NE and 2 inch diameter hail at Roy 15NE. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 116 mph at Roy 1E. Wind sensor was rendered inoperative after the gust. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Roy | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1.25 inch diameter hail at Roy 18NE. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Roy | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Roy 22E. The hail broke the windshield of a truck. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Roy | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Roy 17E. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 59 mph at Roy 2E. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Roy | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Roy 12S. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Roy | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Roy 7NNE. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Roy | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Roy. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Roy | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped .75 inch diameter hail at Roy 8NE. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 58 mph at Roy 18N (Armells Creek RAWS site). |
| June 2007 | Hail | Roy | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped 2.75 inch diameter hail at Roy 1NE. The hail damaged numerous vehicles. |
| April 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Roy | - | A strong thunderstorm moving through Fergus County during the mid afternoon hours on the 25th, produced a tornado 15 miles North of Roy. The tornado began at 1410 MST and was on the ground for 7 minutes. No damage was reported with this tornado. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Roy | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 0.75 inch hail at Roy 30E. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a 60 mph wind gust near Roy. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust of 68 mph at Roy 18E. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Roy | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 1.75 inch hail for 5 minutes at Roy 10SE. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | Actual event location Roy 25 NE. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | Actual spotter location Roy 20 NE...2 1/2 inches of rain also fell in 40 minutes. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Roy | - | Actual event location Roy 3 E. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | POWER POLE BROKEN DOWN |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Roy | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Roy | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roy | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Roy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box Elder (historical) | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Fergus | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Armells (historical) | 11.9 miles | 8 | |
| Fords Creek Colony | 14.1 miles | 8 | |
| Rustle (historical) | 16.3 miles | 13 | |
| Chippewa (historical) | 16.6 miles | 8 | |
| Canyon (historical) | 17.0 miles | 13 | |
| Maiden | 17.8 miles | 13 |
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 Roy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3445733 | 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 775990. 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.



