Charlos Heights, Montana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Hamilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59840. It stands on Hayes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hamilton South quadrangle. 135 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,741 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCharlos Heights grew from 120 to 135 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 | 120 | |
| 2020 | 135 | +15 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1901 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hamilton South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Hamilton South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
98 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Charlos Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,882 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 34 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | RavaIIi County | D2 - MUTUAL AID - COAL MINE RD |
| 5 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | LOST HORSE DAM |
| 5 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | JERRY FIRE |
| 5 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | CAMAS 2 |
| 3 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | LOST HORSE |
| 29 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | OLD CAMAS |
| 21 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | GOLD CREEK |
| 20 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | CAMAS 3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Charlos Heights: 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Thorium, Titanium, Lead, Titanium, Metal, Thorium, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitterroot Valley Stone Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Bush Place | Kaolin | Unknown | ||
| Lost Horse Creek | Titanium, Thorium | Unknown | ||
| Lucky Strike | Quartz | Prospect | ||
| Sargent Ranch | Uranium, Thorium | Occurrence | ||
| Slate Creek Mine | Lead | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Victor Placer Area | Titanium, Metal, Thorium, Iron | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Como | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Gorus | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Curdys Cove | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Grantsdale | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| University Heights | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Darby | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| Holtet Court | 7.2 miles | 17 |
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 Charlos Heights | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5412002 | 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 781174. 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.







