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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.

Grantsdale within Ravalli County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

34 since 1994

Regional 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/undetermined10
Natural9
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresBitterroot National ForestSAWTOOTH LANE MUTUAL AID
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRavaIIi County500 STONEGATE DR UNIT 4
25 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined750 acresBitterroot National ForestWARD MTN
21 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreBitterroot National ForestGOLD CREEK
15 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBitterroot National ForestPARTY FIRE
6 August 2003Natural5.0 acresBitterroot National ForestBROOKINGS GULCH
5 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined180 acresBitterroot National ForestSLEEPING CHILD 2
5 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresSouthwestern Land OfficeSLEEPING CHILD II

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ravalli County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bush PlaceKaolinUnknown
Canyon CreekTitanium, Thorium, Zirconium, IronUnknown
Lucky StrikeQuartzProspect
Sargent RanchUranium, ThoriumOccurrence
Sawtooth CreekTitanium, Iron, ThoriumUnknown
Sleeping Child QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Unnamed LocationClayOccurrence
Gird CreekTitanium, ThoriumUnknown
Roaring Lion CreekTitanium, Iron, Thorium, ZirconiumUnknown
Shalkaho CreekTitanium, Iron, Thorium, ZirconiumUnknown

Every working recorded in Ravalli County

Storms near this place

3 since 2016

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2025Thunderstorm WindGrantsdale$500Thunderstorm 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 2019HailGrantsdale-Hail drifted up to two feet deep off of roofs with some minor vegetation damage.
August 2016HailGrantsdale-A trained spotter estimated that some hailstones were bigger than quarters.

Every storm recorded in Ravalli County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Curdys Cove0.4 miles16
Leisure Village2.9 miles16
Hamilton3.1 miles16
Ward4.0 miles16
Riverside5.0 miles17
Charlos Heights5.7 miles16
Woodside Crossing7.5 miles17
Woodside7.6 miles17

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 GrantsdaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17379973The 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.