Jefferson City, Montana
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Boulder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59638. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jefferson City quadrangle. 597 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,564 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresJefferson City grew from 472 to 597 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 | 472 | |
| 2020 | 597 | +125 (+26%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 29 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.
- 1889 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Boulder quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1903 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
91 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Jefferson City between 1993 and 2020, burning about 109 acres in total. 47 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | NORTH MAIN |
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Butte Field Office | CORBIN |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | 14 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Butte Field Office | STAGECOACH |
| 26 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central Land Office | CLANCY CREEK |
| 20 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Central Land Office | GOLCONDA ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 121 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 121 workings within 5 miles of Jefferson City: 44 past producers, 27 occurrences, 21 prospects, 15 unknowns. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Lead, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alahambra District | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Manganese, Zinc, Silica, Uranium, Arsenic, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1921, 1957 | |
| Alhambra Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Alice Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Alta Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silica, Gold, Antimony | Past Producer | 1869 | |
| Ariedna | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Banner Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver | Producer | Unknown | |
| Beaverton Ranch | Copper, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Bertha | Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Bertha Mine | Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Bismuth, Antimony | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Big Chief | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jefferson City in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Heavy Rain | Jefferson City | - | Mesonet station tibm8 Tizer basin SNOTEL. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Jefferson City | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Jefferson City 11NE. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Jefferson City | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Jefferson City 11NE. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson City | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a 60 mph wind gust in Jefferson City. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Jefferson City | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Jefferson City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corbin | 1.9 miles | 29 | |
| Alhambra | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Wickes | 4.8 miles | 29 | |
| New Haven (historical) | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Lewiston (historical) | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Clancy | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Portal | 6.0 miles | 29 | |
| Amazon | 6.3 miles | 29 |
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 Jefferson City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q957631 | 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 785437. 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.












