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Clinton, Montana

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Missoula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59825. It lies near Leeper Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Clinton quadrangle. 1,018 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,468 feet above sea level.

Clinton within Missoula County

Population over time

2 figures

Clinton fell from 1,052 to 1,018 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
20101,052
20201,018-34 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

183 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Clinton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,190 acres in total. 72 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
Natural72
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Debris and open burning30
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2

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
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestALLEN CREEK II
5 September 2009Natural1.5 acresSouthwestern Land OfficeCLINTON EXIT
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.4 acresSouthwestern Land OfficeDIRTY IKE
28 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
27 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreLolo National ForestMOCCASIN
20 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
2 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
2 September 1996Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeWALLACE CREEK #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Missoula County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Clinton: 24 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Gold, Silver, Gold. 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
BellviewSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Cape Nome MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Barium-Barite, Antimony, ArsenicPast Producer1897
Clinton DistrictLead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Barium-Barite, BismuthPast Producer1889
Clinton PitSilicaPast Producer
Eureka Mining Co.Gold, Silver, CopperProducerGold
GowrieLead, SilverPast Producer
Gowrie MineSilver, LeadPast ProducerGalena
Hidden TreasureCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, ArsenicPast Producer1879, 1889
HoboSilver, Antimony, Copper, Iron, LeadPast Producer
Hobo ClaimSilver, Copper, Lead, AntimonyPast ProducerCopper

Every working recorded in Missoula County

Storms near this place

15 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clinton in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 heavy rain. 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
August 2008Thunderstorm WindClinton$15,000National Weather Service employee reported the metal roof on the Rock Creek Lodge was blown off from thunderstorm winds.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindClinton$10,000National Weather Service employee reported 2 tree tops blown off with structural damage to a neighbor's roof. Winds estimated to be 53 mph.
July 2022HailClinton-There were two reports of 1 hail near Clinton, followed by another near US-200 2 miles from Potomac, MT.
July 2022HailClinton-One inch hail was reported from a storm that had a relatively small core of 55-60 dbz returns. There were no damage reports from this event.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindClinton-A business reported a very tall ponderosa pine tree snapped in half in their yard and they heard of several other trees down in the area. The hail was mostly dime-sized.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindClinton-A trained spotter estimated 60 mph winds knocking out power for portions of east and southern Missoula County.
August 2013Heavy RainClinton-A trained spotter two miles south of Clinton measured 1.05 of rainfall in 30 minutes.
August 2008HailClinton-National Weather Service employee reported 1.25 inch diameter hail on Interstate 90 between Clinton and the Rock Creek Road exits.
July 2004HailClinton-no account filed
July 2004Heavy RainClinton-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindClinton-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindClinton-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindClinton-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindClinton-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindClinton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Missoula 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
Iris5.0 miles18
Yukon Saddle6.8 miles18
Turah7.8 miles17
Miller9.3 miles17
Twin Creeks9.9 miles16
McNamara10.0 miles16
Piltzville10.2 miles17
Potomac10.5 miles17

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 ClintonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q964126The 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 781403. 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.