572:(330 mm) at Mosby; at these locations, the mean winter temperatures are 24, 25 and 23 °F (−4, −4 and −5 °C) respectively. The lowest temperature recorded at Mosby was on January 24, 1969, of −43 °F (−42 °C). The maximum temperature recorded was 108 °F (42 °C) on July 19, 1960, at Flatwillow. Nearly 70% of rainfall occurs from April to September, also the growing season for many crops in the county. The average seasonal snowfall is 40 in (100 cm) at Flatwillow, 63 in (160 cm) at Grass Range and 36 in (91 cm) at Mosby. Average wind speed is about 17 miles per hour (7.6 m/s) and is higher in winter months than summer months.
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703:. Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting are attributed to 66% of the population. 58.2% of people in the county are employed in mining. Another 15.5% are employed in educational, health and social services. Some of the notable ranches in the county are: McArthur Ranch, Maxwell Ranch, Crooked Creek Campground, Fail Ranch, and Novak Homestead. As of 2012, the average size of farms was 6,045 acres and the area under all harvested wheat grain was 14,720 acres (5,960 ha). The major crops grown in the county are wheat (both
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of which 6,500 acres are characterized as commercial forest land; Ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, and Plains cottonwood are noted. The forest understory features obtuse sedge, creeping juniper, Rocky
Mountain juniper, bluebunch wheatgrass, Little lbuestern, and hawksbeard. The county has elk, white-tailed deer, mule deer and pronghorn antelope. There are
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423:, producing high-grade crude. By 1922 it was producing 2.2 million barrels annually. In 1925, the state legislature split the eastern area of Fergus County into a separate entity, named Petroleum County, to denote its status as the first place in Montana where petroleum was discovered, and designated
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Of the 225 households, 28.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.1% were married couples living together, 4.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 36.4% were non-families, and 35.1% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.20 and
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Rangeland contains wheatgrass, forbs, shrubs, green needlegrass, blue grama, big sagebrush, plains prickly pear, wooly Indian wheat, weedlike forbs, broom snakeweed, Nuttal saltbush, prairie sandreed, horizontal juniper, plains reedgrass, golden pea, and prairie rose. Forest land covers 64,296 acres
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Flatwillow, it is 16 inches (410 mm) at Grass Range, and 13 inches
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Rattlesnake Butte fields is piped to
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Magginis (built in western Fergus County in 1880) subdued Indian raids in the area, allowing cattle raising to prosper. Gold was also discovered in the Fergus County mountains; from 1911 to 1915, stakes in the county were claimed by prospectors. Area claims were limited to 320 acres
402:, a rancher who had been adopted into the Sioux tribe, started a ranch in Montana Territory in 1879. His ranch house (built 1900) became a gathering place for the area. In 1910, he built a store and petitioned for a post office; thus Winnett became an official town.
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Cretaceous Age are found as outcrops throughout the county. Sandstones are noted in alternate sequences and are identified at deeper depths in Cat Creek.
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939:2010 census
933:2020 census
927:2020 census
903:2022 (est.)
671:Alamosaurus
626:Mowry Shale
549:– southeast
356:county seat
348:2020 census
107: /
3288:Categories
3183:Stillwater
3178:Silver Bow
3003:Deer Lodge
2963:Broadwater
2948:Beaverhead
2910:Miles City
2905:Livingston
2654:Government
2533:Flatwillow
1805:References
1772:Flatwillow
1029:No.
1023:No.
1017:No.
1006:Democratic
1001:Republican
943:As of the
931:As of the
646:Cretaceous
340:U.S. state
225:Population
3213:Wheatland
3158:Roosevelt
3118:Petroleum
3053:Jefferson
2930:Whitefish
2900:Lewistown
2890:Kalispell
2754:Education
2659:Governors
2649:Geography
2619:(capital)
2528:Cat Creek
1952:"Winnett"
1754:Cat Creek
953:Norwegian
717:grass hay
642:anticline
634:sandstone
435:Geography
388:Nez Perce
384:Blackfoot
260:Time zone
165:Named for
3261:108°16′W
3203:Treasure
3173:Sheridan
3153:Richland
3123:Phillips
3103:Missoula
3028:Garfield
3023:Gallatin
3018:Flathead
2983:Chouteau
2953:Big Horn
2940:Counties
2915:Missoula
2875:Hamilton
2865:Glendive
2840:Billings
2835:Belgrade
2830:Anaconda
2764:Politics
2759:Gun laws
2729:Cannabis
2724:Abortion
2370:Mosby MT
2354:April 3,
2237:April 5,
2109:June 26,
2052:June 25,
2027:June 25,
1962:June 25,
1936:June 25,
1827:April 5,
1783:See also
983:Politics
965:American
701:Billings
688:pheasant
669:, while
663:skeleton
617:ammonite
463:Highways
443:Winnett
431:to 685.
269:Mountain
95:108°16′W
3258:47°07′N
3168:Sanders
3163:Rosebud
3148:Ravalli
3143:Prairie
3128:Pondera
3098:Mineral
3093:Meagher
3083:Madison
3078:Lincoln
3073:Liberty
3043:Granite
3033:Glacier
2993:Daniels
2978:Cascade
2845:Bozeman
2779:Regions
2749:Economy
2739:Culture
2717:Society
2664:History
2606:Montana
2496:Winnett
2478:Winnett
1871:June 7,
1849:July 7,
1741:Winnett
1722:38.63%
1685:37.99%
1656:32.01%
1627:49.60%
1606:46.78%
1569:46.42%
1548:32.70%
1519:44.28%
1490:46.43%
1453:47.38%
1432:29.25%
1403:26.77%
1374:33.23%
1345:26.39%
1316:24.78%
1287:30.13%
1264:33.78%
1258:20.61%
1235:14.48%
1229:21.38%
1200:11.76%
1171:18.84%
1142:22.67%
1113:16.44%
1055:11.21%
957:English
713:Alfalfa
694:Economy
604:Geology
567:Climate
555:– south
537:– north
425:Winnett
370:History
360:Winnett
344:Montana
338:in the
307:Website
191:Winnett
182:Winnett
156:Founded
150:Montana
120:Country
92:47°07′N
63:Montana
3218:Wibaux
3208:Valley
3138:Powell
3088:McCone
3013:Fergus
3008:Fallon
2998:Dawson
2988:Custer
2973:Carter
2968:Carbon
2958:Blaine
2925:Sidney
2920:Polson
2895:Laurel
2885:Helena
2860:Dillon
2686:Sports
2676:People
2626:Topics
2616:Helena
2538:Teigen
2152:
1901:
1777:Teigen
1728:0.52%
1715:60.85%
1699:3.14%
1692:58.87%
1670:3.10%
1663:64.89%
1641:0.32%
1634:50.08%
1612:0.62%
1599:52.60%
1583:2.60%
1576:50.98%
1554:0.00%
1541:67.30%
1525:0.00%
1512:55.72%
1496:0.00%
1483:53.57%
1467:0.25%
1460:52.37%
1438:7.76%
1425:62.99%
1409:1.85%
1396:71.38%
1380:3.02%
1367:63.75%
1351:7.62%
1338:65.98%
1322:0.86%
1309:74.35%
1293:2.32%
1280:67.55%
1251:45.61%
1222:64.14%
1206:5.23%
1193:83.01%
1177:3.08%
1164:78.08%
1148:1.67%
1135:75.67%
1119:3.02%
1106:80.54%
1090:4.35%
1084:9.32%
1077:86.34%
1061:3.16%
1048:85.63%
949:German
853:−20.8%
823:−24.5%
808:−12.9%
778:−47.0%
733:Census
709:barley
660:fossil
650:shales
614:fossil
561:– west
543:– east
483:Rivers
390:, and
354:. Its
336:county
147:
130:
36:County
3198:Toole
3193:Teton
2880:Havre
2850:Butte
2734:Crime
2634:Index
2602:State
2322:(PDF)
997:Year
961:Irish
868:−5.0%
838:−3.0%
793:−5.3%
788:1,026
773:1,083
758:2,045
500:Lakes
392:Sioux
334:is a
286:UTC−6
265:UTC−7
138:State
3113:Park
3063:Lake
3048:Hill
2488:Town
2356:2018
2330:2014
2305:2014
2283:2014
2261:2014
2239:2023
2217:help
2150:ISBN
2111:2013
2080:2014
2054:2013
2029:2013
1964:2013
1938:2013
1899:ISBN
1873:2011
1851:2013
1829:2023
1735:Town
1719:372
1711:586
1706:1928
1688:544
1682:351
1677:1932
1659:523
1653:258
1648:1936
1630:316
1624:313
1619:1940
1603:225
1595:253
1590:1944
1572:235
1566:214
1561:1948
1545:155
1537:319
1532:1952
1516:205
1508:258
1503:1956
1487:221
1479:255
1474:1960
1456:210
1450:190
1445:1964
1421:211
1416:1968
1392:232
1387:1972
1371:110
1363:211
1358:1976
1334:225
1329:1980
1305:258
1300:1984
1276:204
1271:1988
1261:100
1247:135
1242:1992
1218:186
1213:1996
1189:254
1184:2000
1160:228
1155:2004
1131:227
1126:2008
1102:240
1097:2012
1073:278
1068:2016
1044:298
1039:2020
911:5.6%
898:0.4%
889:2020
883:0.2%
874:2010
859:2000
844:1990
829:1980
814:1970
799:1960
784:1950
769:1940
754:1930
742:Note
737:Pop.
715:and
638:dips
445:Rims
380:Crow
314:.org
241:524
196:Area
177:Seat
78:U.S.
2604:of
1696:29
1667:25
1580:12
1435:26
1429:98
1400:87
1377:10
1348:26
1342:90
1313:86
1284:91
1255:61
1232:42
1226:62
1203:16
1197:36
1168:55
1139:68
1110:49
1087:14
1081:30
1058:11
1052:39
906:524
893:496
878:494
863:493
848:519
833:655
818:675
803:894
358:is
342:of
301:2nd
290:MDT
279:DST
233:496
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2474::
2459:,
2347:.
2088:^
1986:^
1881:^
1812:^
1725:5
1638:2
1609:3
1551:0
1522:0
1493:0
1464:1
1406:6
1319:3
1290:7
1174:9
1145:5
1116:9
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967:.
747:%±
711:.
677:.
655:A
632:A
386:,
382:,
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2031:.
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