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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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
Alpine Apartmentslisted 1998
Anaconda Copper Mining Company Smoke Stacklisted 1987
Anaconda Saddle Clublisted 2007
Ancient Order of Hibernians Halllisted 1979
Barich Blocklisted 1983
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway Historic Districtlisted 1988
City Halllisted 1979
Club Modernelisted 1986
James V. Collins Houselisted 2000
Davidson Buildinglisted 1983
Deer Lodge County Courthouselisted 1978
Theodore Eck Houselisted 1998
Population over time
2 figuresAnaconda 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9,298 | |
| 2020 | 9,421 | +123 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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.
- 1889 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1903 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Anaconda quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Anaconda North quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Anaconda North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
65 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | OPPORTUNITY |
| 6 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | CLEAR CREEK #2 |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | CABBAGE GULCH |
| 25 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | WASHOE PARK |
| 16 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 5 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | A HILL FIRE |
| 5 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | LOST CREEK |
| 5 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | FOUNDRY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anaconda Hot Springs | Geothermal, Iron | Producer | ||
| Clay Deposit Se of the Town of Lost Creek | Brick Clay | Occurrence | Calcite, Feldspar, Illite, Kaolin, Mica, Quartz | |
| Girard | Gold, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Occurrence | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Northwest | Copper, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Placer Fire Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Stuckey Ridge | Limestone, General, Dolomite | Unknown | ||
| White Cliff Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| (Facility) Anaconda Reduction Smelter | Copper | Plant | ||
| Anaconda Slag Dump | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
30 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2005 | Lightning | Anaconda | 3 hurt | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anaconda | 2 hurt | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Anaconda | $685,000 | There 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 2015 | Heavy Rain | Anaconda | $15,000 | A 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 2009 | Lightning | Anaconda | $1,000 | Lightning 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 2023 | Hail | Anaconda | - | 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 2012 | Heavy Rain | Anaconda | - | A spotter measured 0.46 inches of rain in Anaconda. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Anaconda | - | 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 2010 | Heavy Rain | Anaconda | - | A trained spotter reported that 0.78 inches of precipitation fell in 40 to 50 minutes. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anaconda | - | 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 2008 | Hail | Anaconda | - | Trained spotter in Anaconda reported 1.00 inch hail. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Anaconda | - | Trained spotter in Anaconda reported 0.75 inch hail. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Anaconda | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Anaconda | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Anaconda | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Anaconda | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Anaconda | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anaconda | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Flash Flood | Anaconda | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Funnel Cloud | Anaconda | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Anaconda | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Anaconda | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Anaconda | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anaconda | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Anaconda | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Anaconda | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Flood | Anaconda | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Anaconda | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Anaconda | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Anaconda | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Lost Creek | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Mine Creek | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| Mill Creek | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Staton | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| West Valley | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Stump Town | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Opportunity | 6.2 miles | 21 |
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 Anaconda | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q483539 | 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 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.











