Alder, Montana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sheridan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59710. It lies in Alder Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Alder quadrangle. 86 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,121 feet above sea level.
On record in Alder
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 1 record
Robbers Roostlisted 1976
Population over time
3 figuresAlder fell from 116 to 86 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 116 | |
| 2010 | 103 | -13 (-11%) |
| 2020 | 86 | -17 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1893 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Alder quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Alder between 2018 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Madison County | WATERLOO BRIDGE |
| 6 April 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Madison County | JESSIES |
| 28 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Alder: 8 past producers, 6 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Talc-Soapstone, Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Magic | Manganese, Copper, Lead | Unknown | ||
| California Gulch | Niobium (Columbium) | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Malachite | |
| Alder Garnet Deposit | Garnet | Occurrence | ||
| Gilman | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Hansen | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Kelly Deposit | Iron | Prospect | 1945 | |
| Kelly Iron | Iron | Past Producer | 1945 | |
| Magic Mountain | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Ruby River | Garnet | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alder in 1 storm report in 2013: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Hail | Alder | - | Hail measuring 1.00 inches (quarter sized) was reported 19 mi S of Alder, MT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Laurin | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Junction | 5.8 miles | 21 | |
| Adobe (historical) | 6.6 miles | 21 | |
| Kingrey Place | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Central City (historical) | 8.1 miles | 21 | |
| Virginia City | 8.8 miles | 21 | |
| Brandon | 10.1 miles | 15 |
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 Alder | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q960550 | 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 801986. 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.







