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Cardwell, Montana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Whitehall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59721. It stands on Boulder River. The Survey maps it on the Jefferson Island quadrangle. 62 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,285 feet above sea level.

Cardwell within Jefferson County

On record in Cardwell

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

Population over time

3 figures

Cardwell grew from 40 to 62 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.

YearPeople Change
200040
201050+10 (+25%)
202062+12 (+24%)

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

8 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Cardwell between 1998 and 2020, burning about 566 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined3
Natural2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
29 August 1998Natural2.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestLAHOOD
28 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJefferson CountyNFIRS INCIDENT #612
22 August 1998Smokingunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestCAVERNS
17 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresJefferson County202067
6 July 2007Natural1.7 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestGOLDEN SUNLIGHT
25 June 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution32 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestGOLDEN SUNLIGHT
2 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJefferson County6033
9 November 2020Recreation and ceremony330 acresMadison CountyANTELOPE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Cardwell: 12 past producers, 6 occurrences, 3 prospects, 3 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Copper, Uranium. 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
Cardwell Clay PitKaolinPast ProducerSedimentary
Gold StarLead, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Jefferson Canyon PhosphoriaPhosphorus-PhosphatesProspect
Leah MineSilver, Gold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerVein
Limespur QuarryLimestone, High CalciumPast Producer1875
Lucky HitGold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
M & T MineSilver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, GoldUnknown
Prospector's DreamAsbestosProspect
Burgoyne's ClaimGold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Calico Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cardwell in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 5 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Flash FloodCardwell$100,000Jefferson County Sheriff's Office reported Milligan Canyon Road was washed out in several locations due to heavy rainfall.
July 1998Flash FloodCardwell$100,000MILLIGAN CANYON AREA
August 2019HailCardwell-A trained spotter reports hail of 1.5 inches in diameter.
July 2019HailCardwell-Trained spotter reports quarter sized hail falling and covering the ground near Cardwell.
May 2018HailCardwell-Spotter reported quarter-size hail 2-miles ESE of Cardwell as a supercell moved overhead.
May 2018HailCardwell-Spotter reported quarter-size hail 5-miles ESE of Cardwell as a second supercell moved overhead.
August 2009HailCardwell-A severe thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Cardwell 14N.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
La Hood Park1.7 miles21
Sunlight4.4 miles16
Whitehall7.7 miles15
Piedmont9.8 miles15
Renova9.8 miles15
Tippet Place13.0 miles15
Valley (historical)14.3 miles28
Pipestone Hot Springs14.9 miles15

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 CardwellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q964080The 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 780936. 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.