Joplin, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Joplin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59531. The Survey maps it on the Joplin quadrangle. 159 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,323 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresJoplin grew from 157 to 159 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 | 157 | |
| 2020 | 159 | +2 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1919 USGS Alma quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Chester quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Joplin in 2017, burning about 600 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 600 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
Storms near this place
11 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Joplin in 11 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Joplin | - | Mesonet station GW0416 Joplin measured a severe caliber gust. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Joplin | - | Mesonet station GW0416 Joplin reported 55 knot wind gust. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Joplin | - | Mesonet station GW0416 Joplin MT. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Joplin | - | Mesonet station GW0416 Joplin MT. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Joplin | - | Mesonet station at 10 N Joplin measured a 50 kt (58 mph) thunderstorm wind gust. |
| August 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Joplin | - | A trained spotter took a photo of a cold air funnel near Joplin. Time estimated based on radar. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Joplin | - | Hail measuring 1.75 inches was reported 20 miles NE of Joplin. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Joplin | - | Thunderstorm outflow winds caused damage in Joplin including blown-off roofs, trees blown down, and power poles blown down. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Joplin | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Joplin. The wind blew down a power line onto railroad tracks. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Joplin | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Joplin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buelow | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| Chester | 10.9 miles | 8 | |
| Tiber | 16.7 miles | 6 | |
| Hay Coulee (historical) | 17.7 miles | 6 | |
| Alma (historical) | 18.1 miles | 7 | |
| George (historical) | 18.5 miles | 6 | |
| Tiber Dam Camp | 24.0 miles | 6 | |
| Eagle Creek Colony | 24.7 miles | 6 |
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 Joplin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q370945 | 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 772901. 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.
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.




