Grantsdale, Montana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Hamilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59840. It stands on Skalkaho Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hamilton South quadrangle. It stands 3,674 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1901 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hamilton South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Hamilton South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
34 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Grantsdale between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,331 acres in total. 9 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 | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Bitterroot National Forest | SAWTOOTH LANE MUTUAL AID |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | RavaIIi County | 500 STONEGATE DR UNIT 4 |
| 25 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 750 acres | Bitterroot National Forest | WARD MTN |
| 21 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | GOLD CREEK |
| 15 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | PARTY FIRE |
| 6 August 2003 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Bitterroot National Forest | BROOKINGS GULCH |
| 5 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 180 acres | Bitterroot National Forest | SLEEPING CHILD 2 |
| 5 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Southwestern Land Office | SLEEPING CHILD II |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Grantsdale: 6 unknowns, 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Titanium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Thorium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bush Place | Kaolin | Unknown | ||
| Canyon Creek | Titanium, Thorium, Zirconium, Iron | Unknown | ||
| Lucky Strike | Quartz | Prospect | ||
| Sargent Ranch | Uranium, Thorium | Occurrence | ||
| Sawtooth Creek | Titanium, Iron, Thorium | Unknown | ||
| Sleeping Child Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Gird Creek | Titanium, Thorium | Unknown | ||
| Roaring Lion Creek | Titanium, Iron, Thorium, Zirconium | Unknown | ||
| Shalkaho Creek | Titanium, Iron, Thorium, Zirconium | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grantsdale in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grantsdale | $500 | Thunderstorm outflow winds marched northward through the Bitterroot Valley, resulting in about 20 utility customers losing power. General gusts were 35 to 45 mph topping out near 50 mph. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Grantsdale | - | Hail drifted up to two feet deep off of roofs with some minor vegetation damage. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Grantsdale | - | A trained spotter estimated that some hailstones were bigger than quarters. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curdys Cove | 0.4 miles | 16 | |
| Leisure Village | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Hamilton | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Ward | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Riverside | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Charlos Heights | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Woodside Crossing | 7.5 miles | 17 | |
| Woodside | 7.6 miles | 17 |
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 Grantsdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17379973 | 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 784190. 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.







