Garrison, Montana
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Avon-Elliston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59731. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Garrison quadrangle. 115 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,373 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresGarrison grew from 112 to 115 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 | 112 | |
| 2010 | 96 | -16 (-14%) |
| 2020 | 115 | +19 (+20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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.
- 1889 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1903 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Elliston quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Garrison between 1992 and 2016, burning about 669 acres in total. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | PHOSPHATE |
| 22 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | GOLD CREEK #2 |
| 7 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | WILLOW CREEK #2 |
| 7 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.5 acres | Southwestern Land Office | WILLOW CREEK |
| 4 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 27 August 1996 | Natural | 20 acres | Southwestern Land Office | GARRISON JUNCTION |
| 19 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 19 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | GARRISON JUNCTION |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Garrison: 9 occurrences, 5 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Pumice, Brick Clay, Aggregate, Light Weight, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Deposit Near Garrison | Brick Clay | Occurrence | Calcite, Feldspar, Illite, Kaolin, Quartz | |
| Clay Deposit Se of Garrison | Brick Clay, Bloating Material | Occurrence | Calcite, Chlorite, Feldspar, Illite, Kaolin, Montmorillonite, Quartz | |
| South Luke Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Kaolin | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Clay Deposit East of Garrison | Brick Clay, Aggregate, Light Weight | Occurrence | Calcite, Dolomite, Feldspar, Illite, Kaolin, Pyrophyllite, Quartz | |
| Clay Deposit West of Garrison | Brick Clay, Aggregate, Light Weight | Occurrence | Calcite, Dolomite, Illite, Montmorillonite | |
| State Prison Brick Plant | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garrison in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2017: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Hail | Garrison | - | Large hail of 1 in diameter was reported by citizen at the Garrison Mercantile in Garrison at 3:57 pm MDT. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrison | - | Public reported shingles knocked off the roof of a building due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Garrison | - | Public reported 0.75 inch hail just north of Garrison, MT. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrison | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Garrison | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrison | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Garrison | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Heavy Rain | Garrison | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Creek | 6.0 miles | 22 | |
| Wall City | 6.9 miles | 23 | |
| Goldcreek | 7.6 miles | 23 | |
| Bradley (historical) | 8.2 miles | 23 | |
| Pioneer | 8.2 miles | 23 | |
| Sharkeyville (historical) | 8.3 miles | 22 | |
| Lingenpolter | 8.3 miles | 23 | |
| Dutton | 9.0 miles | 23 |
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 Garrison | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q955734 | 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 771720. 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.










