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.
Population over time
2 figuresJudith 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 126 | |
| 2020 | 110 | -16 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Big Snowy Mountain quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Big Snowy Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Roundup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Roundup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Judith Gap quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Big Snowy Mountains quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Judith Gap quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2012Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 8 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | OKA BUTTE |
| 12 October 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 430 acres | Wheatland County | FDH-MTLG44-366 |
Storms near this place
29 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Hail | Judith Gap | - | Estimated hail by coop. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Judith 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 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Judith Gap | - | A weak tornado touched down briefly over open areas in the foothills of the Little Belt Mountains. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Judith Gap | - | Car windows smashed in Judith Gap |
| June 2001 | Hail | Judith Gap | - | Car windows knocked out in Judith Gap |
| July 2001 | Hail | Judith Gap | - | Hail covered the ground |
| June 1999 | Hail | Judith Gap | - | Spotter report of dime size hail. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Judith Gap | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Judith Gap | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Judith Gap | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Judith Gap | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Judith Gap | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Judith Gap | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Judith Gap | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Judith Gap | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Judith Gap | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Judith Gap | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Judith Gap | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Judith Gap | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Judith Gap | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Judith Gap | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Judith Gap | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Judith Gap | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Judith Gap | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Judith Gap | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Judith Gap | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Judith Gap | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Judith Gap | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Judith Gap | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Living Springs | 12.8 miles | 11 | |
| Springwater Colony | 15.0 miles | 11 | |
| Jellison Place | 17.0 miles | 17 | |
| Harlowton | 17.2 miles | 11 | |
| Winnecook | 19.7 miles | 11 | |
| Hedgesville | 20.1 miles | 11 | |
| Duncan Ranch Colony | 21.6 miles | 16 | |
| Twodot | 24.4 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 Judith Gap | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q956625 | 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 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.






