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.
Population over time
2 figuresClinton 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,052 | |
| 2020 | 1,018 | -34 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1903 USGS Bonner quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Missoula East quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
183 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 72 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | ALLEN CREEK II |
| 5 September 2009 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Southwestern Land Office | CLINTON EXIT |
| 28 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.4 acres | Southwestern Land Office | DIRTY IKE |
| 28 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 27 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | MOCCASIN |
| 20 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 2 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 2 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | WALLACE CREEK #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellview | Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Cape Nome Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Barium-Barite, Antimony, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1897 | |
| Clinton District | Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Bismuth | Past Producer | 1889 | |
| Clinton Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Eureka Mining Co. | Gold, Silver, Copper | Producer | Gold | |
| Gowrie | Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Gowrie Mine | Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Galena | |
| Hidden Treasure | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1879, 1889 | |
| Hobo | Silver, Antimony, Copper, Iron, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Hobo Claim | Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony | Past Producer | Copper |
Storms near this place
15 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | $15,000 | National Weather Service employee reported the metal roof on the Rock Creek Lodge was blown off from thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | $10,000 | National Weather Service employee reported 2 tree tops blown off with structural damage to a neighbor's roof. Winds estimated to be 53 mph. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Clinton | - | There were two reports of 1 hail near Clinton, followed by another near US-200 2 miles from Potomac, MT. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Clinton | - | 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | - | 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | - | A trained spotter estimated 60 mph winds knocking out power for portions of east and southern Missoula County. |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Clinton | - | A trained spotter two miles south of Clinton measured 1.05 of rainfall in 30 minutes. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Clinton | - | National Weather Service employee reported 1.25 inch diameter hail on Interstate 90 between Clinton and the Rock Creek Road exits. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Clinton | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Heavy Rain | Clinton | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iris | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Yukon Saddle | 6.8 miles | 18 | |
| Turah | 7.8 miles | 17 | |
| Miller | 9.3 miles | 17 | |
| Twin Creeks | 9.9 miles | 16 | |
| McNamara | 10.0 miles | 16 | |
| Piltzville | 10.2 miles | 17 | |
| Potomac | 10.5 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 Clinton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q964126 | 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 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.







