Montana, 2020Flood in Montana, January 15 to 22, 2020
January 15 to 22, 2020 · NWS TFX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
A prolonged period of single digit and sub-zero temperatures caused large areas of anchor ice developed on the Spring Creek in the northeastern section of Choteau, which caused up to a couple of feet flood water to enter parts of a nearby residential area and a section of railroad. The impacts from the overland flooding were mostly confined to vacant lots.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
Open the live radar over this ground
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
A prolonged period of single digit and sub-zero temperatures caused large areas of anchor ice developed on the Spring Creek in the northeastern section of Choteau, which caused up to a couple of feet flood water to enter parts of a nearby residential area and a section of railroad. The impacts from the overland flooding were mostly confined to vacant lots. However, there were reports of basement flooding in up to 80 residential houses within the city. It wasn’t clear how much of a role the flood water from the Spring Creek played in this as a rising water table also contributed to the basement flooding.
Flood, Teton
- When
- January 15, 8:36 AM MST to January 22, 8:37 AM MST
- Where
- Teton County, 0.29 mi SW of Choteau to 0.26 mi SSE of Choteau
- Cause
- Ice Jam
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Reported by
- Local Official
- Coordinates
- 47.817, -112.184
An ice jam along the Spring Creek on the northeastern side of Choteau sent flood waters up to a couple feet in depth into a small section of the city with minor impacts. The flooding may have also played a partial role in the basement flooding reported by up to 80 houses in the city. Information was provided by the city of Choteau Facebook and by NWS field inspection.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Avalanche in Idaho, January 15, 20201 death · 1 event
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in California, January 15 to 17, 202039 events
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 15 to 16, 202033 events
- Extreme Cold in North Dakota, January 15 to 16, 202010 events
- Cold in Montana, January 15 to 16, 20209 events
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in New York, January 15 to 16, 2020$10,000 · 9 events
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, January 15 to 16, 20208 events
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 15 to 16, 20208 events
- Winter Weather in Michigan, January 15 to 16, 20206 events
- Heavy Snow in California, January 15 to 16, 20204 events
- Winter Weather in Iowa, January 15, 2020$10,000 · 3 events
- High Wind in Alaska, January 15 to 18, 202078 kt wind · 3 events
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 872794.