Coram, Montana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the South Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59913. The Survey maps it on the Hungry Horse quadrangle. 572 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,186 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresCoram grew from 337 to 572 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 337 | |
| 2010 | 539 | +202 (+60%) |
| 2020 | 572 | +33 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1943 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:125000
- 1957 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hungry Horse quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Hungry Horse quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
125 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Coram between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | WATER TANK |
| 8 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | TREE HOUSE |
| 5 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Flathead National Forest | BED AND BREAKFAST |
| 4 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | CORAM |
| 3 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | HUNGRY HORSE |
| 25 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | 2861 |
| 20 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | not named |
| 18 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | WAJAX |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Coram: 1 plant, 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Contained or Metal, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Smelter | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant | 1955 | |
| Crushing Plant No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coram in 2 storm reports between 2004 and 2011: 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2011 | Heavy Rain | Coram | - | THe equipment at Emery Creek reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 1.00 inches. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Coram | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin City | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Hungry Horse | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Conkelley | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| South Fork (historical) | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Wagsmith Villa (historical) | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| West Glacier | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Columbia Falls | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Pine Park | 8.0 miles | 11 |
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 Coram | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q957919 | 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 770089. 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.






