Lakeside, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Lakeside-Somers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59922. It stands on Stoner Creek. The Survey maps it on the Somers quadrangle. 2,705 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,910 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresLakeside grew from 1,679 to 2,705 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 | 1,679 | |
| 2010 | 2,669 | +990 (+59%) |
| 2020 | 2,705 | +36 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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 Somers quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Somers quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Somers quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
141 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Lakeside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 479 acres in total. 26 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 | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Natural | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | LOST CREEK |
| 7 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | WILLIAMS PARK |
| 26 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 246 acres | Flathead National Forest | BALDY |
| 26 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | SOUTH BLACKTAIL II |
| 26 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | not named |
| 24 September 1994 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Flathead National Forest | not named |
| 20 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | FORREY CR. |
| 20 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | BENCH MRK DR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakeside in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2012: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakeside | $300,000 | Numerous trees and power poles were blown down along the northern shores of Flathead lake. The roof to Carpenter's Arena near Kalispell was blown off. Damage to two other roofs was observed. One small grain silo was blown over near Somers. The damage observed from the NWS storm survey crew was indicative of straight line wind damage. Based upon the damage observed, winds were estimated to be between 80 and 100 mph. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Lakeside | - | Hail was estimated at 1 inch in diameter by the public, 1 mile south of Lakeside. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakeside | - | The Alert weather station on Angel Point of Flathead lake reported a gust to 59 mph. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakeside | - | Thunderstorms over Flathead Lake earlier in the evening caused five to six foot waves to crash onto shore at the town of Lakeside. Several boats were snow and sea walls and docks were damaged. The winds were calm at the time when the waves were causing the damage. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Lakeside | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakeside | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somers | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Forest Hill Village | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Holt | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Bigfork | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Demersville (historical) | 10.2 miles | 11 | |
| Swan River | 11.6 miles | 12 | |
| Swan River (historical) | 11.6 miles | 12 | |
| Mar-Le Villa | 11.8 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 Lakeside | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q964914 | 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 785927. 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.







