Lincoln, Montana
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59639. It stands on Sucker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lincoln quadrangle. 998 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,541 feet above sea level.
On record in Lincoln
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 3 records
Lincoln Community Halllisted 1987
Lincoln Lodgelisted 1986
Silver King Ranchlisted 1992
Population over time
3 figuresLincoln fell from 1,100 to 998 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 | 1,100 | |
| 2010 | 1,013 | -87 (-8%) |
| 2020 | 998 | -15 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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.
- 1889 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1903 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Elliston quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
236 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 236 fires within 5 miles of Lincoln between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,466 acres in total. 70 started naturally. 3 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 | 70 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 58 |
| Debris and open burning | 52 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | DALTON MTN FIRE |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | BEAR GULCH |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 4 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | STEMPLE PASS |
| 30 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | FIRST AVENUE |
| 3 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 3 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 3 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Lincoln: 10 past producers, 9 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldy Mountain Claims | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Big Blackfoot | Silver, Lead, Gold | Plant | Epithermal vein, quartz adularia | |
| Discovery and Margurete Mine | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Golden Dollar #5 Lode | Lead, Copper, Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Lincoln Gulch District | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| Lincoln Gulch Placer | Gold, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| Pack Horse Lode | Gold, Lead, Copper | Prospect | Vein | |
| Western Fuel Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rose No. 1 | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Unknown | |
| Rose No. 2 | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Unknown |
Storms near this place
17 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lincoln in 17 storm reports between 2000 and 2020: 9 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Lincoln | - | Mesonet station nvrm8 11.3 se Lincoln. |
| April 2018 | Flood | Lincoln | - | Lincoln Volunteer Fire Chief relayed multiple reports of flooding in and around Lincoln on April 29th and 30th. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln | - | Lincoln Fire Department reported a large pine tree was downed/snapped at base by a thunderstorm wind gust. The magnitude of the gust was estimated. Also, the time and location of event were estimated via radar. Lastly, pea-size hail and 0.40-inches of rainfall in 30-minutes were also reported. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln | - | Mesonet Station TT010 reported a 63 mph wind gust from a thunderstorm. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Lincoln | - | Hail measuring 1.50 inches (ping pong ball sized) and heavy rain were reported. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Lincoln | - | Quarter sized hail, measuring 1.00 inches, was reported 7 miles S of Lincoln near Stemple Pass. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 88 mph at Lincoln 3E (the Lincoln RAWS site). |
| July 2008 | Hail | Lincoln | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped .75 inch diameter hail at Lincoln 12E. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Lincoln | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped .75 inch diameter hail at Lincoln 25NE. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a 60 mph wind gust at Lincoln. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Lincoln | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 1.00 inch hail in Lincoln. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Lincoln | - | Lincoln spotter. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Lincoln | - | Funnel cloud also reported near Rogers Pass. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Lincoln | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Lincoln | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Lincoln | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Lincoln | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Camp (historical) | 9.9 miles | 12 | |
| Silver King (historical) | 14.5 miles | 11 | |
| Mike Horse (historical) | 17.7 miles | 11 | |
| Atlantic City (historical) | 18.2 miles | 22 | |
| Wilborn | 18.6 miles | 20 | |
| Strom | 20.1 miles | 20 | |
| Gloster | 22.5 miles | 21 | |
| Frost (historical) | 23.8 miles | 13 |
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 Lincoln | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q966705 | 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 801064. 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.










