Lupfer, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Whitefish census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59927. It stands on Logan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tally Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1957 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Tally Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Tally Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
176 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Lupfer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 86 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 4 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 | 59 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 44 |
| Natural | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | not named |
| 8 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | not named |
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | WOODS LAKE |
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | LUPFER FIRE |
| 6 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | not named |
| 4 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | STILLWATER RIVER #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lupfer: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wort Prospect | Copper, Gold, Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lupfer in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2016: 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 2016 | Hail | Lupfer | $16,000 | A member of the public located 5 miles west-southwest of Lupfer reported ping pong size hail, which dented 3 vehicles and broke the windshield of 1 vehicle. There were also many plants defoliated by the hail. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Lupfer | - | Hail reported at the Talley Lake campground by the Forest service was estimated at 0.88 inches in diameter. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olney | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Vista | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Round Prairie | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Ramsey (historical) | 9.7 miles | 12 | |
| Happy Haven | 10.4 miles | 12 | |
| Whitefish | 10.5 miles | 12 | |
| Radnor | 11.8 miles | 12 | |
| Rhodes | 14.2 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.
| Wikidata item Q122598768 | 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 786718. 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.





