BlockGildford, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Gildford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59525. The Survey maps it on the Gildford quadrangle. 141 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,831 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresGildford fell from 185 to 141 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 | 185 | |
| 2010 | 179 | -6 (-3%) |
| 2020 | 141 | -38 (-21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Gildford quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Gildford quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Gildford quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Chester quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gildford in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 1994 | Hail | Gildford | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gildford | - | Mesonet station GW6391 Gildford 10n peak gust. |
| July 2013 | Heavy Rain | Gildford | - | Heavy rain measuring 1.10 inches in 20 minutes was reported 24 mi N of Gildford, MT. Pea size hail was also reported with this passing storm. |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Gildford | - | Heavy rain measuring .50 inches in 25 minutes reported at Wild Horse Port of Entry. Water was reported to be ponding and running across the roadway. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gildford | - | High winds estimated 52KT (60MPH). |
| August 2013 | Hail | Gildford | - | Hail measuring 1.50 inches (ping pong ball sized) was reported in Gildford, MT. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Gildford | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported 24 miles N of Gildford. Vehicle damage was also reported as a result of the hail. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Gildford | - | Gold ball sized hail of 1.75 inches was reported 21 miles N of Gildford. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gildford | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Gildford 24N. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Gildford | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped .75 inch diameter hail at Gilford 5N. The hail damaged the winter wheat crop. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gildford | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Gilford 9N. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gildford | - | 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.
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 Gildford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q960597 | 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 771771. 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.
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.