Alberton, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Alberton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59820. The Survey maps it on the Alberton quadrangle. 452 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,054 feet above sea level.
On record in Alberton
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 10 records
Alberton Schoollisted 1997
Bestwick's Marketlisted 1997
Brinks Houselisted 1997
Chadwick Houselisted 1997
Methodist Church of Albertonlisted 1997
Natural Pier Bridgelisted 2010
Railroad Depotlisted 1997
Wilson Houselisted 1997- Point of Rocks Historic Transportaion Corridorlisted 2009
- Thorn Houselisted 1997
Population over time
2 figuresAlberton grew from 420 to 452 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 420 | |
| 2020 | 452 | +32 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Alberton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Alberton quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Alberton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
193 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Alberton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,897 acres in total. 55 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | NATURAL PIER BRIDGE |
| 21 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | RANGER STATION |
| 20 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | SAWMILL 2 |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | WEST NINEMILE 3 |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | WEST NINEMILE 2 |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | WEST NINEMILE 1 |
| 19 September 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | MILE MARKER 76 #2 |
| 17 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | PLATEAU |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Alberton: 1 unknown, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Beryllium, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torgelson Property | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| White Cap Prospect | Beryllium | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alberton in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2018: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alberton | $15,000 | Strong winds caused several Ponderosa pine trees to be uprooted. These trees damaged a well house and an all-terrain vehicle. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alberton | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down 3 to 4 large trees. The trees had diameters estimated to be between 1 and 3 feet along the Oregon Lakes Trail. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alberton | - | A tree was reported down over I-90. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Alberton | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alberton | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Wildfire | Alberton | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyr | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Tarkio | 14.1 miles | 9 | |
| Quartz | 16.1 miles | 8 | |
| Lozeau | 18.1 miles | 8 | |
| Westfall | 18.6 miles | 8 | |
| Crescent City (historical) | 18.7 miles | 8 | |
| Riverbend | 21.7 miles | 8 | |
| Cedar Mouth (historical) | 24.0 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Alberton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q956290 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 801984. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.




