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.
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.
- Cook Farmlisted 1996 · 0.8 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresEast 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,157 | |
| 2020 | 2,465 | +308 (+14%) |
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
- 1964 USGS Southeast Missoula quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Missoula East quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Southeast Missoula quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
564 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 304 |
| Debris and open burning | 118 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 59 |
| Natural | 34 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missoula County | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 8 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | CRAZY TRAIL FIRE |
| 6 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missoula County | 200430 |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missoula County | not named |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | CRAZY CANYON CAMPFIRE |
| 5 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonner Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Deposit In Northeast Missoula | Brick Clay | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Gold Prospect | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Stock Pile | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Kaolin | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Pattee Canyon Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Western Materials Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wheeler Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinegrove | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Missoula | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Carols Court | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Mountain View Court | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| West Riverside | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Milltown | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Bonner Junction | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Travois Village | 4.2 miles | 15 |
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 Missoula | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q955834 | 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 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.







