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East Missoula, 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 59802. It lies near Mount Jumbo. The Survey maps it on the Southeast Missoula quadrangle. 2,465 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,264 feet above sea level.

East Missoula within Missoula County

On record in East Missoula

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

East Missoula grew from 2,157 to 2,465 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
20102,157
20202,465+308 (+14%)

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

564 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 564 fires within 5 miles of East Missoula between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,281 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 14 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined304
Debris and open burning118
Recreation and ceremony59
Natural34
Smoking17
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Fireworks3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
8 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissoula Countynot named
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
8 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCRAZY TRAIL FIRE
6 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissoula County200430
6 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissoula Countynot named
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCRAZY CANYON CAMPFIRE
5 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresSouthwestern Land Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Missoula County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of East Missoula: 6 occurrences, 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Clay. 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
Bonner QuarryStonePast Producer
Clay Deposit In Northeast MissoulaBrick ClayPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Gold ProspectGoldProspect
Stock PileLead, ZincUnknown
Unnamed KaolinClayOccurrence
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence
Pattee Canyon Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Western Materials IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wheeler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Pinegrove2.3 miles18
Missoula2.6 miles18
Carols Court2.8 miles18
Mountain View Court2.8 miles18
West Riverside2.9 miles18
Milltown3.3 miles18
Bonner Junction3.4 miles18
Travois Village4.2 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 East MissoulaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q955834The 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 782938. 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.