Hamilton, 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 Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hamilton South quadrangle. 4,659 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,570 feet above sea level.
On record in Hamilton
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 12 of 31 shown
Allison-Reinkeh Houselisted 1988
Daniel V. Bean Houselisted 1988
Oliver Blood Houselisted 1988
Conway Houselisted 1988
Marcus Daly Memorial Hospitallisted 1978
F. H. Drinkenberg's First Homelisted 1988
El Capitan Lodgelisted 1990
E. G. Ellis Houselisted 1988
Sherman Gill Houselisted 1988
Gird Point Lookoutlisted 2018
Goff Houselisted 1988
Gordon Houselisted 1988
Population over time
2 figuresHamilton grew from 4,348 to 4,659 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,348 | |
| 2020 | 4,659 | +311 (+7%) |
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
67 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Hamilton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,876 acres in total. 19 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| 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 |
| 29 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | CANYON HEAD |
| 26 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | not named |
| 21 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | GOLD CREEK |
| 2 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | CANYON CK. |
| 17 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | DOWNING TOP |
| 9 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | DOWNING 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Hamilton: 5 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Titanium, Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Thorium, Zirconium, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon Creek | Titanium, Thorium, Zirconium, Iron | Unknown | ||
| Sawtooth Creek | Titanium, Iron, Thorium | Unknown | ||
| Sleeping Child Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Blodgett Creek | Titanium, Iron, Thorium, Zirconium | Unknown | ||
| Mill Creek | Titanium, Iron, Thorium, Zirconium | Unknown | ||
| Palmen Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ravalli County Crusher | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Roaring Lion Creek | Titanium, Iron, Thorium, Zirconium | Unknown | ||
| Woodside Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamilton in 21 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 9 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. 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 2018 | Hail | Hamilton | $20,000 | This storm produced enough hail to cover the ground several inches in the Hamilton area. There were multiple reports of one inch hail. A lady reported that she would have to replace her roof due to the hail damage. She remarked that she knew of several others who had to get their roofs repaired. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | $12,000 | Ravalli County dispatch received several reports of downed trees due to thunderstorm winds in the Bitterroot Valley from Florence to Hamilton. |
| November 2008 | Flash Flood | Hamilton | $5,800 | Ravalli County Road Department reported wash-outs on West Side Rd. (SW of Hamilton), West Hills Way (NW of Hamilton), and Camas Creek Loop (SW of Hamilton). |
| May 1993 | Hail | Hamilton | $5,000 | Lightning struck a house and set it on fire. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | $3,000 | The Ravalli County emergency manager reported that multiple power lines were down around Hamilton. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Hamilton | - | Quarter to ping-pong-sized hail was reported in Hamilton. Quarter-sized hail was also reported in Corvallis. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Hamilton | - | Hailstones reported varied from marble up to ping pong size during the storm. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Hamilton | - | A member of the public reported of 1.75 inch hail in Hamilton. |
| October 2011 | Heavy Rain | Hamilton | - | Two spotters in Hamilton reported heavy rainfall, one received 0.76 and the other 0.85 inches in 12 hours. |
| April 2006 | Heavy Rain | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leisure Village | 0.4 miles | 16 | |
| Riverside | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Grantsdale | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Curdys Cove | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Woodside | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Woodside Crossing | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Dutch Hill (historical) | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Corvallis | 5.3 miles | 16 |
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 Hamilton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q602520 | 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 784496. 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.







