Happys Inn, Montana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Libby census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59923. It stands on Wabuno Creek. The Survey maps it on the Loon Lake quadrangle. 179 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,363 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHappys Inn grew from 164 to 179 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 | 164 | |
| 2020 | 179 | +15 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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 Jennings quadrangle1:125000
- 1935 USGS Thompson Lakes quadrangle1:96000
- 1935 USGS Thompson Lakes quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Thompson Lakes quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Loon Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Libby quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Loon Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
133 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Happys Inn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,155 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 3 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | TALLULAH CREEK |
| 8 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | LOON |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | LOST LAKE |
| 4 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | ROGERS MTN |
| 30 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 600 acres | Northwestern Land Office | ROGERS MOUNTAIN |
| 3 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | not named |
| 19 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | NORTH MOSQUITO CREEK |
| 18 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | TULD CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Happys Inn: 3 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Gold, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potter | Copper, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gold & Silver | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Gold & Silver | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Kenelty Barite Deposit | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | 1960, 1962 | |
| Kenelty Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Barite | Barium-Barite | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Happys Inn in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2017: 1 heavy rain, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Flood | Happys Inn | - | The Fisher River gauge peaked at 7.8 feet for 8 hours. |
| October 2011 | Heavy Rain | Happys Inn | - | Rainfall of 0.71 inches was reported near the Fisher River. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manicke (historical) | 8.8 miles | 15 | |
| Scotchville (historical) | 17.4 miles | 15 | |
| Jennings | 22.3 miles | 15 | |
| Ripley | 26.6 miles | 16 | |
| Pioneer Junction | 26.6 miles | 14 | |
| White Haven | 26.9 miles | 14 | |
| Warland (historical) | 29.8 miles | 9 | |
| Libby | 30.5 miles | 14 |
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 Happys Inn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5892198 | 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 784542. 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.









