Kila, Montana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Kalispell Southwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59901. It lies near Hoffman Draw. The Survey maps it on the Kila quadrangle. 424 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,192 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresKila grew from 392 to 424 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 | 392 | |
| 2020 | 424 | +32 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1943 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:125000
- 1957 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Kila quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Kila quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
184 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Kila between 1992 and 2020, burning about 478 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined | 59 |
| Debris and open burning | 58 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | SEELY LN |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | DANIELSON ROAD |
| 7 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | KILA HILL |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | BIRCH CREEK |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | LUNCH BOX SPRINGS |
| 4 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | HOFFMAN DRAW |
| 29 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Northwestern Land Office | LAKE MONROE |
| 29 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | HAYWIRE GULCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kila in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2020: 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Hail | Kila | $10,000 | A photo was received via social media of a hailstone that appeared a little larger than a golf ball in Kila. Damage to cars, trailer and roof in Kila was also reported. Half dollar hail was reported in Kalispell and just south of Whitefish. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Kila | - | A right-moving supercell formed 30 miles southwest of Marion and tracked northeast around 40 mph to just north of Kila. A trained spotter located 2 miles north of Kila measured penny sized hail. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Kila | - | A trained spotter northwest of Kila reported estimated penny sized hail and strong winds estimated at 50 mph that blew off patio furniture from their deck. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batavia | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Ashley (historical) | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Kalispell | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Northridge Heights | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Mar-Le Villa | 9.7 miles | 11 | |
| Meadow Manor Incorporated | 9.9 miles | 11 | |
| Duncan (historical) | 10.1 miles | 11 | |
| Parkdale (historical) | 10.2 miles | 11 |
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 Kila | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5959637 | 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 785726. 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.






