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Judith Gap, Montana

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Judith Gap-Shawmut census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59453. It lies near Oka Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Judith Gap quadrangle. 110 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,639 feet above sea level.

Judith Gap within Wheatland County

Population over time

2 figures

Judith Gap fell from 126 to 110 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.

YearPeople Change
2010126
2020110-16 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Judith Gap between 2012 and 2020, burning about 432 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
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
1 August 2018Natural1.0 acresNortheastern Land Officenot named
8 July 2012Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestOKA BUTTE
12 October 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution430 acresWheatland CountyFDH-MTLG44-366

Every fire recorded in Wheatland County

Storms near this place

29 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Judith Gap in 29 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 17 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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
July 2025HailJudith Gap-Estimated hail by coop.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindJudith Gap-An enhanced microburst, around the intersection of 297 and Bercail Road , with winds estimated at 70-75 mph, resulted in a swath about 2 to 3 miles of wind driven rain and hail that sheared grasses and crops. Significant crop damage occurred with grass and wheat fields sheared to the ground. In addition, numerous, large cottonwood limbs with leaves stripped were downed. A small, elevated silo was blown over and minor roof damage occurred to a couple of structures. Highway 287 had pea size to 1/2 inch size gravel blown on it from the shoulder.
June 2019Tornado (EF0)Judith Gap-A weak tornado touched down briefly over open areas in the foothills of the Little Belt Mountains.
June 2001HailJudith Gap-Car windows smashed in Judith Gap
June 2001HailJudith Gap-Car windows knocked out in Judith Gap
July 2001HailJudith Gap-Hail covered the ground
June 1999HailJudith Gap-Spotter report of dime size hail.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindJudith Gap-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindJudith Gap-no account filed
July 2020HailJudith Gap-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindJudith Gap-no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindJudith Gap-no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindJudith Gap-no account filed
July 2019HailJudith Gap-no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindJudith Gap-no account filed
June 2015HailJudith Gap-no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindJudith Gap-no account filed
June 2013Thunderstorm WindJudith Gap-no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindJudith Gap-no account filed
August 2009HailJudith Gap-no account filed
August 2006HailJudith Gap-no account filed
June 2005HailJudith Gap-no account filed
June 2001HailJudith Gap-no account filed
July 2001HailJudith Gap-no account filed
July 2001HailJudith Gap-no account filed
July 2001HailJudith Gap-no account filed
July 2000HailJudith Gap-no account filed
July 2000HailJudith Gap-no account filed
June 1997Tornado (F0)Judith Gap-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wheatland 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
Living Springs12.8 miles11
Springwater Colony15.0 miles11
Jellison Place17.0 miles17
Harlowton17.2 miles11
Winnecook19.7 miles11
Hedgesville20.1 miles11
Duncan Ranch Colony21.6 miles16
Twodot24.4 miles16

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 Judith GapAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q956625The 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 785581. 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.