Kerr, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Flathead Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59860. The Survey maps it on the Polson quadrangle. 273 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,966 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresKerr grew from 17 to 273 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 17 | |
| 2010 | 251 | +234 (+1376%) |
| 2020 | 273 | +22 (+9%) |
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.
- 1920 USGS Flathead Lake quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Polson quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Polson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Kerr between 1992 and 2020, burning about 734 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Flathead Agency | KERR |
| 7 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Flathead Agency | LOG HOUSE |
| 16 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 392 acres | Flathead Agency | IRVINE FLATS 1 |
| 1 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | SNIDER |
| 9 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead Agency | HAACK |
| 30 August 1992 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 95 acres | Flathead Agency | IRVINE |
| 29 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Flathead Agency | KERR DAM BACK |
| 22 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 24 acres | Flathead Agency | LAKES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Kerr: 14 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polson | 1.8 miles | 7 | |
| Jette | 2.6 miles | 7 | |
| Belle-Vue Court | 2.8 miles | 7 | |
| Rocky Point | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| Dunham | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Turtle Lake | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Kings Point | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Mountain View (historical) | 6.6 miles | 9 |
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 Kerr | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q955846 | 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 1853181. 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.




