South Browning, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1968. It stands in the Blackfeet Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59417. It stands on Depot Creek. The Survey maps it on the Browning quadrangle. 1,970 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,393 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresSouth Browning grew from 1,677 to 1,970 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,677 | |
| 2010 | 1,785 | +108 (+6%) |
| 2020 | 1,970 | +185 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1901 USGS Browning quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Browning quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Browning quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1,256 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,256 fires within 5 miles of South Browning between 1992 and 2020, burning about 27,966 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 66 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 534 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 210 |
| Debris and open burning | 106 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 89 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 68 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 66 |
| Smoking | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 40 |
| Natural | 34 |
| Other causes | 28 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | GROUND FIRE |
| 9 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | MORMONCHRH |
| 8 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Blackfeet Agency | SPRING HILL |
| 8 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | RED HEAD |
| 8 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | CORNER GROCERY FIRE |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | LITTLE BULL |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | BLUE BERRY HILL |
| 8 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Blackfeet Agency | ONE ACRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of South Browning: 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browning | 0.7 miles | 9 | |
| North Browning | 1.7 miles | 9 | |
| Durham | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Starr School | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Blackfoot | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Star | 10.5 miles | 9 | |
| East Glacier Park | 13.0 miles | 11 | |
| East Glacier Park Village | 13.0 miles | 11 |
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 South Browning | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q522828 | 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 1867342. 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.





