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Wolf Point, Montana

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the Fort Peck Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59201. It stands on Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wolf Point quadrangle. 2,517 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,998 feet above sea level.

Wolf Point within Roosevelt County

Population over time

2 figures

Wolf Point fell from 2,621 to 2,517 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,621
20202,517-104 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

321 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 321 fires within 5 miles of Wolf Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,287 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 38 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined101
Fireworks55
Arson/incendiarism38
Debris and open burning28
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Recreation and ceremony21
Equipment and vehicle use19
Smoking14
Natural12
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes1

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
9 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFort Peck AgencyBIRTHDAY
7 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFort Peck AgencyKNORR
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.5 acresFort Peck AgencyHOG
5 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minor8.0 acresFort Peck AgencySE IDAHO
4 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFort Peck AgencyBLUE SKY
4 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.6 acresFort Peck AgencySLAUGHTER HOUSE RD
28 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFort Peck AgencySHERMAN
27 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFort Peck AgencyGRANDBE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Roosevelt County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Wolf Point: 7 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Roosevelt County

Storms near this place

4 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wolf Point in 4 storm reports between 1994 and 1997: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 1997Thunderstorm WindWolf Point-77 mph wind measured at Wolf Point ASOS.
June 1996HailWolf Point-no account filed
June 1994HailWolf Point-no account filed
July 1994HailWolf Point-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Roosevelt 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
Macon6.6 miles6
Chelsea16.3 miles6
Volt21.0 miles6
Poplar23.5 miles6
Benrud (historical)25.6 miles6
Deertail Indian Village (historical)30.5 miles6
Sprole30.6 miles6
Bredette33.9 miles5

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 Wolf PointAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q579020The 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 778652. 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.