Whitetail, Montana
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Scobey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59276. The Survey maps it on the Whitetail quadrangle. 9 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,503 feet above sea level.
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 Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Whitetail quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Scobey quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
27 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitetail in 27 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 15 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitetail | $15,000 | Daniels County dispatch relayed a public report of 3 grain hopper bins blown over by thunderstorm wind gusts, along with significant crop loss in the area. |
| July 2003 | Lightning | Whitetail | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitetail | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Hail | Whitetail | - | A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of golf balls. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Whitetail | - | Public reported, via Facebook, hail up to the size of ping pong balls. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Whitetail | - | A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of half dollars along with heavy rainfall. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitetail | - | Border patrol at the Port of Scobey estimated a 60 mph wind gust. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Whitetail | - | DHS at the Port of Scobey reported quarter-sized hail. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitetail | - | Public report of winds estimated to be up to 60 mph. There are not many trees or building in the area for there to be any significant damage with this gust. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Whitetail | - | Spotter reported nickel-sized hail covering the ground. Also measured 1.60 inches of rain. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Whitetail | - | Spotter reported quarter-sized hail piled up against buildings 5 hours after the event took place. Also, two inches of rain were reported. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Whitetail | - | Public reported nickel-sized hail stones. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Whitetail | - | Mostly dime-sized hail with some quarter-sized hail. Reported at the Port of Whitetail. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitetail | - | Strong winds and half inch hail destroyed a wheat field which was ready to be harvested. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Whitetail | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Whitetail | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Whitetail | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Whitetail | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitetail | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitetail | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitetail | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Whitetail | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Whitetail | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Whitetail | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitetail | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitetail | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitetail | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flaxville | 6.3 miles | 5 | |
| Madoc | 8.7 miles | 5 | |
| Navajo | 9.0 miles | 5 | |
| Julian (historical) | 10.9 miles | 5 | |
| Scobey | 15.4 miles | 5 | |
| Pleasant Prairie | 21.3 miles | 5 | |
| Four Buttes | 24.2 miles | 5 | |
| Kahle (historical) | 27.2 miles | 5 |
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 Whitetail | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7996295 | 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 793236. 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.
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.



