Elmo, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Flathead Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59915. The Survey maps it on the Elmo quadrangle. 244 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,917 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresElmo grew from 143 to 244 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 | 143 | |
| 2010 | 180 | +37 (+26%) |
| 2020 | 244 | +64 (+36%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1920 USGS Flathead Lake quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Elmo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Polson quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Elmo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
82 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Elmo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 901 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead Agency | MARY SPRING |
| 4 September 2001 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Flathead Agency | BIGARM |
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Flathead Agency | WALKING |
| 9 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Flathead Agency | ELMO |
| 9 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Flathead Agency | EARLY DAWN |
| 9 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Flathead Agency | MOIESE VALLEY |
| 9 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead Agency | JETTE 6 |
| 9 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead Agency | HOG HEAVEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Elmo: 5 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Cliff Mine | Lead, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Silverstone Mine | Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unnamed Building Stone | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospects | Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospects | Lead, Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Chief Cliff Mine | Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Silverstone Mine | Silver, Lead | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elmo in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 1 storm surge/tide, 1 waterspout, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Hail | Elmo | - | There was a report of 1.25 hail from a storm that traversed the southern portions of Flathead Lake. Two greenhouse businesses in Jette, MT reported nickel size hail, or 7/8. A greenhouse received significant damage. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmo | - | The public reported four trees blown down from thunderstorm winds at Lake Mary Ronan State Park. |
| September 2000 | Storm Surge/Tide | Elmo | - | An arctic front from the north moved over Flathead Lake generating strong gusty winds to 50 mph. Winds over the lake generated waves from 6 to 10 feet high, which damaged docks and piers along the lake shore. Several boats also sank from high waves. |
| September 2000 | Waterspout | Elmo | - | Weather spotters on and around Flathead Lake, reported multiple waterspouts on the lake and strong gusty winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Arm | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Snowberg Court | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Dayton | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Proctor | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Lindisfarne | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Sipes | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Meltons | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Lake Mary Ronan | 8.1 miles | 10 |
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 Elmo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q964906 | 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 771209. 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.





