Ennis, Montana
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Madison Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59729. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ennis quadrangle. 917 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,941 feet above sea level.
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On record in Ennis
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 1 record
- Thexton Ranchlisted 2006
Population over time
2 figuresEnnis grew from 838 to 917 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 | 838 | |
| 2020 | 917 | +79 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 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.
- 1888 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1895 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Ennis quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1955 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Ennis quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Ennis quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Ennis quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Ennis between 1999 and 2020, burning about 190 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.3 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 15 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Madison County | HEGES |
| 15 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Madison County | HWY 55 |
| 14 August 1999 | Natural | 12 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BOBCAT |
| 11 August 2018 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 4 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 22 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 29 May 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | COMPOUND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ennis: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Jumbo Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Orofino Deposit | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ennis in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Hail | Ennis | - | Trained spotter reports quarter sized hail near Ennis. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ennis | - | Ennis raws enm8. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ennis | - | Measured by enm8 raws station/ Time estimated by radar. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ennis | - | Mesonet station ennm8 Ennis raws. 59 mph wind gust. Time of event is estimated. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ennis | - | Mesonet station ENNM8 Ennis raws. Time estimated based on radar. |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Ennis | - | Mesonet station Ennis raws ennm8. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ennis | - | Mesonet station in Ennis recorded 63 mph peak gust from thunderstorm. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ennis | - | Mesonet station in Ennis recorded 65-mph peak gust from thunderstorm. |
| July 2011 | Flood | Ennis | - | Water rapidly increased on the Wisconsin and Indian Creeks affecting areas around Sheridan and Twin Bridges. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Ennis | - | Parts of Highway 287 near Ennis closed due to flooding. |
| January 2011 | Flood | Ennis | - | Highway 287 was closed to through traffic due to flooding of the roadway. Highway 287 was under one to two feet of water. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Ennis | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Ennis 5SW. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ennis | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 67 mph at Ennis. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ennis | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Ennis 4SE. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ennis | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 67 mph at Ennis. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ennis | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 85 mph at Ennis 1W. Many trees and power lines were reported downed in Ennis. A roof was also blown off a building in Ennis. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Ennis | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 0.75 inch hail near Ennis. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ennis | - | A light airplane crashed just short of the airport at the time the wind was measured gusting to 68 mph. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ennis | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffers | 1.3 miles | 29 | |
| Watkins | 6.3 miles | 29 | |
| McAllister | 6.6 miles | 29 | |
| Varney | 8.2 miles | 20 | |
| Cameron | 10.4 miles | 21 | |
| Cowboys Heaven | 11.4 miles | 28 | |
| Virginia City | 12.1 miles | 21 | |
| Central City (historical) | 12.5 miles | 21 |
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 Ennis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q964895 | 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 783212. 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.











