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Anaconda, Montana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Anaconda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59711. It lies near Sheep Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Anaconda North quadrangle. 9,421 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,335 feet above sea level.

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Anaconda within Deer Lodge County

On record in Anaconda

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 12 of 33 shown

Every listing in Deer Lodge County

Population over time

2 figures

Anaconda grew from 9,298 to 9,421 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.

YearPeople Change
20109,298
20209,421+123 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Anaconda between 1992 and 2019, burning about 83 acres in total. 11 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Debris and open burning12
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeOPPORTUNITY
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCLEAR CREEK #2
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCABBAGE GULCH
25 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeWASHOE PARK
16 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
5 August 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeA HILL FIRE
5 August 2000Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestLOST CREEK
5 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeFOUNDRY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Deer Lodge County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Anaconda: 11 occurrences, 7 past producers, 4 producers, 3 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Fire Clay (Refractory), Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Anaconda Hot SpringsGeothermal, IronProducer
Clay Deposit Se of the Town of Lost CreekBrick ClayOccurrenceCalcite, Feldspar, Illite, Kaolin, Mica, Quartz
GirardGold, Copper, SilverOccurrence
Limestone OccurrenceLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
NorthwestCopper, LeadOccurrence
Placer Fire Clay PitClayProducer
Stuckey RidgeLimestone, General, DolomiteUnknown
White Cliff QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
(Facility) Anaconda Reduction SmelterCopperPlant
Anaconda Slag DumpIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Deer Lodge County

Storms near this place

30 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Anaconda in 30 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 16 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 2 flood. The reports record 5 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2005LightningAnaconda3 hurtno account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindAnaconda2 hurtno account filed
July 2017Flash FloodAnaconda$685,000There were several reports of very heavy rainfall including one that came from the NWS COOP observer at the golf course: 0.75 of rain in 20 to 25 minutes. Multiple homes experienced flooded basements, man hole covers were lifted off and floated down roads, and Westhill Park road was flooded with a depth of up to 4 feet. The Old Works Golf Course in Anaconda reported the cost to repair flood damage to be $660,000.
June 2015Heavy RainAnaconda$15,000A cluster of thunderstorms brought heavy rain just west of Anaconda. Edward from Anaconda reported 0.59 inches of rain and his friend who lives to the west recorded 1.13 inches of precipitation. The intense rain caused mud run off into a basement.
July 2009LightningAnaconda$1,000Lightning from a thunderstorm that rolled through Anaconda started a roof on fire that was put out by the fire department before extensive damage occurred. The fire burned though the exterior of the roof and down into the insulation, about 20 square feet of the roof.
July 2023HailAnaconda-There were two reports of quarter sized hail, one on the west side of Anaconda and another 2 miles north of Warm Springs as the storm moved northeastward.
April 2012Heavy RainAnaconda-A spotter measured 0.46 inches of rain in Anaconda.
June 2011FloodAnaconda-Warm Springs Creek flooded the Cedar Street bridge in Anaconda. Homes and Cedar Street bridge were sand bagged. Washoe Park was flooded. Water flooded the foundation of 4 homes.
August 2010Heavy RainAnaconda-A trained spotter reported that 0.78 inches of precipitation fell in 40 to 50 minutes.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindAnaconda-The Deer Lodge County emergency manager reported tin roof and shingle damage in Anaconda. Storm drains were also having difficulty keeping up with the heavy rainfall amounts.
July 2008HailAnaconda-Trained spotter in Anaconda reported 1.00 inch hail.
July 2008HailAnaconda-Trained spotter in Anaconda reported 0.75 inch hail.
July 2009HailAnaconda-no account filed
July 2009HailAnaconda-no account filed
August 2006HailAnaconda-no account filed
June 2005HailAnaconda-no account filed
June 2005HailAnaconda-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindAnaconda-no account filed
July 2002Flash FloodAnaconda-no account filed
June 2002Funnel CloudAnaconda-no account filed
August 2002HailAnaconda-no account filed
August 2001HailAnaconda-no account filed
August 1999HailAnaconda-no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindAnaconda-no account filed
August 1998HailAnaconda-no account filed
July 1998HailAnaconda-no account filed
June 1997FloodAnaconda-no account filed
April 1996HailAnaconda-no account filed
April 1996HailAnaconda-no account filed
June 1994HailAnaconda-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Deer Lodge County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Sunnyside2.9 miles21
Lost Creek3.3 miles21
Mine Creek3.5 miles21
Mill Creek3.6 miles21
Staton4.5 miles21
West Valley4.5 miles16
Stump Town5.4 miles16
Opportunity6.2 miles21

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 AnacondaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q483539The 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 779015. 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.