Wolf Point, Montana
Roosevelt County
30-81475
Wolf Point is a city in the U.S. state of Montana, United States and the administrative seat of Roosevelt counties. It is the largest city in the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, home of the Indians Assiniboine and Sioux tribes. In Wolf Point takes place annually on the second weekend in July, the Wild Horse Stampede instead, the oldest rodeo in Montana.
Geography
Wolf Point is located in northeast Montana in the High Plains. The metropolitan area has a size of 2.3 km ² and is located on the north bank of the Missouri River within a broad, flat valley.
About 10 km southeast of the town is the historic Lewis and Clark Bridge, which is also known as Wolf Point Bridge. It was built in 1930 as a link between Roosevelt and County McCone County on the Missouri River. Since 1997, the bridge on the National Register of Historic Places is registered.
In 2010, the population was 2621st
Infrastructure
At Wolf Point LM Clayton Airport belongs to the airport, direct flights to Billings and Glasgow ( Montana) are possible from the daily.
U.S. Highway 2, a cross- Bled in east-west direction through the northern U.S. Highway, connects Wolf Point with other cities from Washington State to Michigan. About the Montana Highway 25 is in the east of Montana Highway 13 also available, which leads to Canada.
About the rail company BNSF Railway grain of Wolf Point is transported to the Pacific coast and the Great Lakes. Furthermore, is the place on the route of the Empire Builder, a remote train from Amtrak.
Climate
Through the semi-arid climate, winters, summers are in Wolf Point usually cold and dry, while hot. During the period from late spring to early summer it rains on average the most. For the high summer temperatures warm, wet air masses are responsible, which may flow from the south and east in the area. In addition occur at this time incidence of lightning, which can be accompanied by hail and even tornadoes rare so-called funnel clouds. In contrast, it can be much colder than 0 ° C in winter; as -42 ° C have also been achieved. However intervene repeatedly phases of milder weather, which may last longer than 10 days. These are caused by the Chinook, a warm downslope wind in the east of the Rocky Mountains.
Management
The City Council consists of eight elected members, each two election districts referred from each of the four Wards come. The mayor is elected for four years.
Since the elections in November 2009, is DeWayne Jager Mayor of Wolf Point.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Ted shrinkage, 19th Governor of Montana