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Kalispell, Montana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Kalispell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59901. It stands on Stillwater Slough. The Survey maps it on the Kalispell quadrangle. 24,558 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,956 feet above sea level.

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Kalispell within Flathead County

On record in Kalispell

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 12 of 64 shown

Every listing in Flathead County

Population over time

2 figures

Kalispell grew from 19,927 to 24,558 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
201019,927
202024,558+4,631 (+23%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Kalispell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 213 acres in total. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined72
Debris and open burning24
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
7 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthwestern Land Officenot named
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlathead CountyLOC STEEL BRIDGE ROAD
23 September 1995Smokingunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeLONE PINE
2 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlathead CountyEVG VILLAGE GREENS
18 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlathead County19 WOODLAND PARK DR
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlathead CountyHELENA FLATS AT DIRT RD KALISPELL
1 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeWAPATI ACRES
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlathead CountyHWY 35 BRIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Flathead County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Kalispell: 4 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
KalispellClayUnknown
Unnamed Kaolinitic ClaySilicaOccurrence
American Asphalt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Carlson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Flathead County CrusherSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mc Elnoy and Wilker Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Truman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Flathead County

Storms near this place

27 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kalispell in 27 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 14 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1994Thunderstorm WindKalispell$500,000Thunderstorms moved northeastward across western Montana downing powerlines, and trees. Several roofs received damage and several mobile homes were destroyed.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindKalispell$40,000There were 20 reports of wind damage in and around Kalispell. Blown over Trees took power lines down and damaged some houses. In addition, 2115 people were without power for a few hours.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindKalispell$25,000An 80-foot-tall pine tree fell over on 5th Ave West in Kalispell crushing a Corvette and damaging a truck, car and a boat.
July 2004Flash FloodKalispell$20,000no account filed
May 1993Thunderstorm WindKalispell$5,000Trees and power lines were knocked down. Several funnel clouds were observed over Flathead Lake.
September 1994Thunderstorm WindKalispell$500no account filed
June 2022FloodKalispell-The Flathead River at Columbia Falls reached minor flood stage on June 12 as Flathead Lake reached full pool, and continued at minor flood stage until June 26. Impacts included groundwater flooding agricultural fields along the Steel Bridge Road. Also water flooded recreational vehicle sites and surrounded some trailer homes just northwest of the Highway 35 bridge over the Flathead River. This event did prompt Flathead County to spin up an Emergency Operations Center with the Sheriff as the IC.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindKalispell-Multiple reports of tree damage and a localized power outage occurred southeast of Kalispell and Evergreen according to a call to the NWS office and via Twitter reports.
June 2016HailKalispell-The public reported quarter-sized hail from a thunderstorm west of Kalispell, MT.
June 2016HailKalispell-The public sent a photo showing multiple hailstones as large as quarters in Kalispell, MT.
July 2013HailKalispell-A right-moving supercell that tracked from just southwest of Marion moved over Kila and Kalispell. A person from the public in Kalispell measured 1 inch hail.
August 2013HailKalispell-A trained spotter northwest of Kalispell reported strong winds with penny size hail.
July 2012HailKalispell-Hail 1 inch in diameter was measured from Kalispell to 3 miles northeast of Kila.
June 2011FloodKalispell-The Whitefish River flooded the backyards of four homes and to the base of the foundation of one home in the city of Kalispell.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindKalispell-A trained spotter reported a 12 inch diameter tree blown down onto the road.
April 2008Tornado (EF0)Kalispell-Public reported sighting of land spout to news media at around 600 PM MDT. Pictures were taken by three different residents in the area confirming location of land spout touch down between 3 Mile Drive and 4 Mile Drive near Kalispell. A possible secondary funnel occurred farther to the northwest. The Land Spout started from a cumulus cloud around 545 PM, touched down at 550 PM and then dissipated shortly after 600 PM MDT. No damage was reported.
July 2007HailKalispell-Nickel size hail was reported covering the ground in Kalispell. Power was also reported out to most of the county.
August 2005HailKalispell-no account filed
July 2004HailKalispell-no account filed
July 2004HailKalispell-no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindKalispell-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindKalispell-no account filed
July 1997HailKalispell-no account filed
August 1997HailKalispell-no account filed
August 1995HailKalispell-no account filed
August 1995HailKalispell-no account filed
August 1995HailKalispell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Flathead 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
Meadow Manor Incorporated0.7 miles11
Duncan (historical)0.9 miles11
Ashley (historical)1.1 miles11
Parkdale (historical)1.4 miles11
Mar-Le Villa1.5 miles11
Northridge Heights1.9 miles11
Evergreen2.8 miles11
Ridgewood Terrace2.9 miles11

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 KalispellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q853175The 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 785622. 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.