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Twodot, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Harlowton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59085. It stands on Haymaker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Twodot quadrangle. 26 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,446 feet above sea level.

Twodot within Wheatland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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

9 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Twodot between 2016 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
7 August 2016Naturalunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
19 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresCentral Land Officenot named
15 July 2016Naturalunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
24 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresWheatland CountyFDH-MTLG44-94
18 June 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
26 April 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresWheatland CountyFDH-MTLG44-361
14 April 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wheatland County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Twodot: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jenny LindIronProspect1900

Every working recorded in Wheatland County

Storms near this place

24 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Twodot in 24 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 13 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2025HailTwodot-Estimated by local CoCoRaHs observer.
June 2015Flash FloodTwodot-Eight inches of rain was reported 14 miles south of Harlowton and 2 miles west of Highway 191. The heaviest rainfall impacted Lebo and American Fork Creeks. Highway 191 was closed due to high water over the roadway. Water was also reported washing over several rural county roads.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindTwodot-In addition to the strong wind gust, the ground was covered with small hail.
June 2011FloodTwodot-High flows along the Musselshell River from receding floodwaters from May quickly returned to flood as more heavy rainfall moved through the region. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches fell across much of Wheatland County during the 6th and 7th of June. This caused rapid water runoff and more flooding similar to what occurred in May. County officials indicated flooding occurred all along the Musselshell River. There was extensive flooding in Harlowton. Highway 12 was inundated and closed leading into Harlowton. The Musselshell River at Harlowton fluctuated above and below flood stage from the 7th through the 14th. The river crested at 8.65 feet on the 9th and 8.54 feet on the 10th.
June 2011FloodTwodot-Very heavy rainfall combined with high elevation snowmelt the second half of May 2011 maintained some flooding into June along the Musselshell River. See May 2011 Storm Data publication for details regarding the significant flood impacts and damage estimates on this particular flood event.
May 2011FloodTwodot-Persistent rainfall combined with snowmelt in the mountains resulted in significant flooding along the Musselshell River. The Musselshell River at Harlowton rose above flood stage from May 22nd through May 30th. The river crested at 7.47 feet on the 22nd and again on the 29th at 10.25 feet which was a record stage. In addition, the Musselshell River at Shawmut crested at a record 9.27 feet on May 26th. Extensive lowland flooding resulted along the Musselshell River as well as its tributaries. Numerous roads were closed by floodwaters with many of those eventually washing out. Flooding persisted into the month of June. Damage estimates were not available.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindTwodot-Four 8-10 inch diameter tree branches were snapped.
May 2001HailTwodot-.75 inch hail reported by spotters
July 1998HailTwodot-A thunderstorm produced three quarters of an inch of rain in 15 minutes in and nickel sized hail in Twodot. This same storm produced a funnel cloud just to the north of Harlowton.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindTwodot-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindTwodot-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindTwodot-no account filed
July 2020HailTwodot-no account filed
July 2013HailTwodot-no account filed
July 2010HailTwodot-no account filed
August 2009HailTwodot-no account filed
July 2001HailTwodot-no account filed
July 2001HailTwodot-no account filed
July 2000HailTwodot-no account filed
July 2000HailTwodot-no account filed
July 1998HailTwodot-no account filed
June 1998HailTwodot-no account filed
July 1998Heavy RainTwodot-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindTwodot-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wheatland 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
Duncan Ranch Colony2.9 miles16
Martinsdale Colony11.2 miles16
Harlowton12.7 miles11
Springwater Colony17.0 miles11
Jellison Place17.2 miles17
Winnecook21.7 miles11
Judith Gap24.4 miles12
Shawmut29.6 miles11

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 TwodotAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7858928The 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 777889. 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.