Essex, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the South Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59916. It stands on Essex Creek. The Survey maps it on the Essex quadrangle. 44 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,868 feet above sea level.
On record in Essex
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
Izaak Walton Innlisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1914 USGS Nyack quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Essex quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Hungry Horse Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Essex quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Essex between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,654 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 2 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 | 27 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | PAOLA |
| 8 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | SCALPLOCK |
| 13 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | PAOLA |
| 1 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | RAMPAGE 2 |
| 7 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | MARION CREEK |
| 5 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | SCALPLOCK |
| 4 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | SCALPLOCK FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Essex: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essex | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Essex Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Great Northern | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Lippincott | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Okedale | Copper | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Essex in 1 storm report in 2008: 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 2008 | Hail | Essex | - | Trained spotter in Essex reported 0.75 inch hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nimrod | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Pinnacle | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Singleshot | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Snowslip | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Blacktail | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| McCarthyville (historical) | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Canyon Creek Boat Landing | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Nyack | 15.1 miles | 13 |
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 Essex | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5399613 | 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 783229. 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.






