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Teton County, Montana

82 topographic sheets cover 28 settlements here, and 1 property is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

1 National Register listing published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Montana within the United States
Teton County within Montana

What the record shows

  • 346 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 1 property here is on the National Register of Historic Places, listed as a building.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 28 populated places in this county; 28 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

1

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Teton County Courthousebuilding200606001093

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

127 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 127 of them, burning about 26,379 acres. 23 started naturally and none was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Equipment and vehicle use29
Natural23
Recreation and ceremony18
Smoking4
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 November 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined7,680 acresCentral Land OfficeFREEZEOUT LAKE
21 February 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined5,000 acresCentral Land Officenot named
22 July 2000Natural4,345 acresHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestMCDONALD II
20 August 2006Natural2,362 acresHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestNANNY CREEK
17 September 2000Natural1,980 acresHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestEAR MTN
12 March 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,200 acresCentral Land OfficePOWER
9 April 2016Recreation and ceremony1,089 acresHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestELK HILL
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined955 acresCentral Land OfficePILGRAM MA

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1956 to 2025

60 of 216 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 216 reports for this county, causing no deaths, no injuries and about $5,361,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Hail102
Thunderstorm Wind88
Flood6
Heavy Rain6
Tornado4
Wildfire4
Flash Flood3
Funnel Cloud2
Debris Flow1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1994Thunderstorm Windnot stated$5,000,000no account filed
January 2020FloodChoteau$250,000An 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.
June 2023Debris FlowBynum$50,000The Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest submitted a video showing South Fork Teton Road experiencing washouts and debris flows.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindFairfield$50,000Lots of trees down.
June 2003HailDutton$10,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindCollins$1,000Branches down...siding torn off house.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindAgawam-Mesonet station RICMT Rice Ridge measured a 50 kt gust.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindFairfield-Ambient Weather Station NE of Augusta.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindBole-Awos station K1HM 6 nne Fairfield (Hotel).
August 2025Thunderstorm WindCleiv-MT mesonet station Fairfield.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindFairfield-Ambient Weather Station.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindEastham Jct-Montana mesonet station Augusta North.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindKoyl-Estimated wind gusts near 60 mph with a thunderstorm on Wednesday evening. Time of event is estimated.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindEastham Jct-A 67 mph thunderstorm wind gust measured on Wednesday evening at Augusta N Hydromet MT Mesonet site.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBynum-A 59 mph thunderstorm wind gust measured on Wednesday evening at Bynum W MT Mesonet site.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBole-AWOS station K1HM 6 NNE Fairfield measured a 61 mph wind gust.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPower-The public reported several instances of damage on their farm, mainly due to strong wind gusts. The report included mention of roof and siding damage, in addition to barn door damage, a blown over auger, and a blown over 250 gallon container. Visibility was around 10 ft at the peak of the event and 0.80 inches of rain accumulated over 4 minutes. A follow up report from the same source mentioned upon further inspection, the combination of strong wind gusts and hail resulted in damage to crops.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPower-Trained spotter reports branches blown off of an ash tree.
August 2024HailChoteau-COOP observer reports quarter sized hail fell for about ten minutes.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPower-The public reported gusts estimated to be 60 mph east of I-15. Debris was lofted in the air.
June 2023HailFarmington-COOP Observer reported a prolonged period of a mix of dime and quarter size hail.
June 2023Funnel CloudDutton Arpt-A non impactful funnel cloud was visible from several miles away, including the NWS office.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindFairfield-Ambient Weather site measured a sustained mind of 58mph with a peak gust of 66 mph.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindEastham Jct-Measured via military AWOS station K1FM Foxtrot.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindAgawam-Measured via site RICMT near Rice Ridge.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindPendroy-Measured via station MTPND near Pendroy.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBole-Measured via military AWOS station K1HM located six miles north/northeast of Fairfield.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindKoyl-Peak gust measured by COOP observer.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBynum-Measured gust reported by spotter. Also reported the wind was strong enough to move heavy furniture across the yard.
June 2022Heavy RainFairfield-Social media report.
June 2022Heavy RainPower-Social media report.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindFairfield-A 59 mph gust was recorded by an Ambient weather sensor.
July 2022Heavy RainChoteau-Trained spotter reported 1.01 inches of total rainfall today, with 0.74 inches falling in 1 hour.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindFairfield-Mesonet near Greenfield Irrigation reported 51 knot wind gust.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindCleiv-Mesonet station AW Hotel reported 53 knot wind gust.
July 2022HailKoyl-Report from MPING of ping pong ball sized hail (1.5 inch).
July 2022HailKoyl-Report from MPING of golf ball sized hail (1.75 inch).
July 2022HailKoyl-Public report of 1 inch half. Time and location estimated.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindBynum-A 60 mph gust was reported between 3 and 4 PM.
July 2022HailAgawam-Trained spotter report of 1 inch hail bouncing several feet off the ground 6 miles ESE of Bynum.
July 2022HailFarmington-Trained spotter reported half inch to three-quarters inch hail, some slightly larger 6 miles NNW of Choteau.
August 2022Heavy RainBynum-Additional reports of pea sized hail.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindBynum-A 65 mph gust was reported between 4 and 5 PM.
July 2022HailChoteau-Public report from MPING for 1.75 inch hail.
July 2022Funnel CloudChoteau Arpt-Funnel cloud reported with non-severe warned storm directly over Choteau. Funnel cloud came down half of the way.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindPower-Awos station k1jm juliett observed a peak wind gust of 67 knots.
July 2022HailKoyl-Trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail increasing to baseball sized hail.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindAgawam-Mesonet station ricmt Rice Ridge observed a 50kt gust.
August 2022HailFarmington-Large amounts of quarter sized hail on Hwy 220 4 miles outside of Choteau.
July 2022HailChoteau Arpt-Report from MPING for 1.5 inch hail 1 mile ENE of Choteau.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindChoteau-The Choteau Ancantha Newspaper posted images of large healthy tree limbs and power lines taken down by thunderstorm winds. Power outages were also reported.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindChoteau Arpt-KCII Choteau Airport measured a 51 kt (59 mph) thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2021Flash FloodChoteau-Flooding with debris on roadways near 4th Avenue SW and 1st St, with additional flooding at 7th Avenue NW and Division St. Both areas had impassable roads. Up to 1.82 inches of rain were reported with the thunderstorms. Pictures provided by Choteau Acantha Newspaper.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindPower-Public estimates 60 kt (69 mph) thunderstorm wind gust.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindPower-Trained spotter reports 54 kt (62 mph) thunderstorm wind gust.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindCleiv-Report from mping: 1-inch tree limbs broken; shingles blown off. Wind speed and gust estimate not reported.
August 2020HailAgawam-Hail size reported to have ranged from pea-size to golf ball size, with winds of 26 mph, and torrential downpour.
June 2020HailPower-A lot of quarter to ping pong sized hail. Also, reports wind shredded pine trees and a lot of branches down.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCleiv-Public report.
May 2019FloodBynum-Law enforcement reported a portion of Teton Canyon Road had been washed-out by flooding along the North Fork of the Teton River. Exact duration of flooding unknown.

Mines and quarries

14 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 14 workings inside this county. None of them still produces: all are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Iron10
Titanium4
REE, Titanium4
REE1
Iron, Titanium1
Silver1
Iron, Zinc1
Titanium, REE1
Clay1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Biggs Creek ProspectsSilverUnknown
Choteau Iron DepositTitanium, Iron, ZincProspect
Iron-Titanium OccurrenceREE, Iron, TitaniumOccurrence
Titanium-Iron OccurrenceIron, Titanium, REEOccurrence
Unnamed Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Freezeout Lake DepositIron, TitaniumOccurrence
Iron-Titanium OccurrenceIron, REE, TitaniumOccurrence
Iron-Titanium OccurrenceIron, REE, TitaniumOccurrence
Iron-Titanium OccurrenceIron, REE, TitaniumOccurrence
J. Robinson DepositIron, TitaniumOccurrence
Theboe Lake - Fowler CreekIron, TitaniumOccurrence
Titanium OccurrenceIron, REE, TitaniumOccurrence
Greenfield Lake DepositIronOccurrence
Iron OccurrenceIronOccurrence

Every populated place in the county

28

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

The vanished settlements of Teton County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.