Kootenai Falls, Montana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Troy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59935. It stands on Kool Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kootenai Falls quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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 Libby quadrangle1:125000
- 1930 USGS Libby quadrangle1:125000
- 1932 USGS Libby quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Kootenai Falls quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Libby quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Kootenai Falls quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
146 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Kootenai Falls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,240 acres in total. 59 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 59 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | SWANSONS LODGE |
| 7 September 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | 1333 |
| 6 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | THROOPS |
| 5 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | GRAVEL |
| 29 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | OLD HWY 2 |
| 26 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | DORMAN'S RAILROAD |
| 20 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | THREE GIMPS |
| 2 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | NINNEMAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Kootenai Falls: 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Talc-Soapstone, Silver, Lead, Platinum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bee and Zee | Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Crater | Lead | Prospect | ||
| Remp | Silver, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Troy Area | Platinum | Occurrence | Unknown | |
| China Creek | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Lynx Creek | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Talc | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kootenai Falls in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 2 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Heavy Rain | Kootenai Falls | - | Up to 2.00 inches of rain fell from Bull Lake to Noxon, heaviest on the evening of the 23rd. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kootenai Falls | - | Law enforcement reported a tree down which blocked the south bound lane of highway 56 between mile marker 23 and 24 for a period of time. |
| October 2012 | Heavy Rain | Kootenai Falls | - | The rainfall total for 24 hours was 2.10 inches. This was measured 13 miles north northeast of Heron. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troy | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Green Acres | 11.9 miles | 14 | |
| Yakt | 11.9 miles | 9 | |
| Libby | 12.7 miles | 14 | |
| Bull Lake | 14.2 miles | 14 | |
| White Haven | 15.8 miles | 14 | |
| Pioneer Junction | 16.0 miles | 14 | |
| Ripley | 18.1 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 785839. 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.








