Lolo, Montana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Lolo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59847. It lies near Andrews Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Southwest Missoula quadrangle. 4,399 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,199 feet above sea level.
On record in Lolo
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 2 records
Traveler's RestNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966- Fort Fizzle Sitelisted 1977
Population over time
2 figuresLolo grew from 3,892 to 4,399 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 | 3,892 | |
| 2020 | 4,399 | +507 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1912 USGS Missoula quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Southwest Missoula quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Missoula West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Southwest Missoula quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
216 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Lolo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 464 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 91 |
| Debris and open burning | 50 |
| Natural | 41 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | C.C. TRAILHEAD |
| 8 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | HAYES CREEK FIRE |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | WARDEN |
| 4 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | ROSSIGNOL |
| 30 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missoula County | 200176 |
| 3 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Southwestern Land Office | LOWER MORMON |
| 28 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | BERYLN LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lolo: 2 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Pumice, Mica, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Diamond Mica Mine | Mica | Producer | ||
| Sweet Bye and Bye Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Lolo Quartz Deposit | Silica | Past Producer | Quartz | |
| Maclay | Silica | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
19 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lolo in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lolo | $5,000 | Multiple car crashes were reported on Interstate-90 near Missoula as a thunderstorm with strong winds and heavy rain moved through. A wind gust of 52 mph was recorded at the Missoula International Airport, with the main core of the storm passing to the east of the airport. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lolo | $2,000 | The Missoula dispatch reported a lot of tree limbs down around town with numerous power lines down. A couple of lightning strikes started fires with one strike to a house in Missoula and a field in Florence. A private weather sensor located southeast of Lolo recorded a wind gust to 60 mph ahead of the main thunderstorm cells. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lolo | $1,000 | NWS employee reported a power outage, and tree limbs 5 to 6 inches in diameter broke off. Estimated winds of 50 mph. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Lolo | - | Local Firefighters on the Lolo Peak wildfire reported quarter sized hail with no damages. |
| May 2014 | Flood | Lolo | - | The USGS Bitterroot River gauge at Missoula reported a peak height of 11.11 feet (11 ft. is the minor flood stage) and peak discharge rate of 17,300 cubic feet per second at 8:30 pm MDT on May 25. A NWS employee reported field flooding between Lolo and Missoula. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lolo | - | A NWS employee reported an estimated 60 mph wind gust just north of Lolo, Montana. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Lolo | - | A weather service employee measured 1.00 hail at his house. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Lolo | - | A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail in the Lolo Creek area. |
| August 2010 | Heavy Rain | Lolo | - | A spotter reported 0.30 inches of rain in 15 minutes. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Lolo | - | 3/4 inch hail reported 2 miles south of Lolo. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Lolo | - | Cars damaged. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lolo | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Lolo | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lolo | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lolo | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Lolo | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lolo | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Lolo | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lolo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cozy Court | 0.3 miles | 14 | |
| McClain | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Carlton | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Orchard Homes | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hell Gate (historical) | 8.6 miles | 15 | |
| Missoula | 9.1 miles | 18 | |
| Travois Village | 9.4 miles | 15 | |
| East Missoula | 10.6 miles | 18 |
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 Lolo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q960712 | 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 786464. 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.







