Camas, Montana
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Flathead Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59845. It lies near Rattlesnake Butte. The Survey maps it on the Hot Springs quadrangle. 57 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,828 feet above sea level.
On record in Camas
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Symes Hotellisted 1998 · 0.8 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresCamas fell from 58 to 57 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 | 58 | |
| 2020 | 57 | -1 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Polson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Camas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 932 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 7 were 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 | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | MARKEL HILL |
| 5 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Flathead Agency | MARKLE 4 |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead Agency | WELCOME SPRINGS |
| 14 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Flathead Agency | H HILL |
| 13 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead Agency | GARDEN CRK |
| 1 September 2019 | Natural | 60 acres | Flathead Agency | WELCOME 1002 |
| 9 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead Agency | WELCOME 1050 |
| 9 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead Agency | HOT SPRINGS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Camas: 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Quartz, Geothermal, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Flagstone | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Camas Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Diamond Point Qtz Crystal Deposit | Quartz | Occurrence | ||
| Diamond Point Qtz. Crystal | Quartz | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Camas in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 3 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Camas | $15,000 | A slow moving thunderstorm dropped rainfall amounts of 1.59 inches up to an estimated 3.25 inches in a one to two hour period. Twenty five homes were flooded from runoff. One home owner had half their yard washed away with a shed also flooded. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Camas | - | A trained spotter reported pea to golf ball sized hail. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Camas | - | A trained spotter estimated penny to nickel sized hail. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Camas | - | The NWS storm survey team ran across a pile of hail 15 hours after the hail event occured which was still 0.75 inches in diameter. Hail was likely quite a bit larger when it initially fell. |
| May 2009 | Heavy Rain | Camas | - | Hot Springs RAWS reported 1.36 inches of rainfall in one hour at 3:29 PM MDT. Hot Springs Fire Department reported localized flooding of streets in Hot Springs. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Springs | 0.8 miles | 6 | |
| Lonepine | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Camas Prairie | 11.0 miles | 8 | |
| Blanchards Corner | 12.1 miles | 7 | |
| Plains | 16.1 miles | 8 | |
| Paradise | 17.5 miles | 9 | |
| Perma | 18.0 miles | 8 | |
| Knowles | 18.9 miles | 9 |
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 Camas | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5741753 | 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 769515. 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.



