Official Name: | Rader Creek, Montana |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Montana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Rader Creek |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Montana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Jefferson |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 52.45 |
Area Land Km2: | 52.45 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 20.25 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 20.25 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 341 |
Population Density Km2: | 6.50 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 16.84 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 5532 |
Coordinates: | 45.8456°N -112.3161°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Area Code: | 406 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 30-60450 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2583837 |
Rader Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, Montana, United States. The population was 363 at the 2010 census.[2]
The CDP is in southwestern Jefferson County and is sparsely settled. An unincorporated place named Nineteen Mile is along Montana Highway 2 in the western part of the CDP, and Cactus Junction, at the intersection of MT 2 and MT 41, is at the eastern border of the CDP. MT 2 (former U.S. Route 10) leads east to Whitehall and northwest to Butte, while MT 41 leads south to Twin Bridges.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Rader Creek CDP has an area of 52.5sqkm, all land. Rader Creek, the community's namesake, flows out of mountains to the northwest near the Continental Divide, joining Little Pipestone Creek in the east part of the CDP. The creeks are part of the Jefferson River watershed, eventually flowing to the Missouri River.