Luther, Montana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Red Lodge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59068. The Survey maps it on the Roscoe quadrangle. 30 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,197 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1932 USGS Red Lodge No 2 quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Roscoe quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Red Lodge quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Roscoe quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Luther between 1994 and 2017, burning about 8 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | PARKSIDE II |
| 17 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | THIEL CREEK |
| 17 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | HOGAN CREEK |
| 17 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | 102 UPPER RED LODGE CREEK |
| 26 June 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | not named |
| 5 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | LUTHER ASSIST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Luther: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Asbestos. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferris Asbestos | Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| Rosebud, Tommy, Johnny | Asbestos | Occurrence | Asbestos |
Storms near this place
5 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Luther in 5 storm reports between 2005 and 2019: 3 hail, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2005 | Heavy Rain | Luther | - | 5 inches of rain in Luther (24-hour total) |
| May 2005 | Heavy Rain | Luther | - | 2.48 inches of rain 20S Fishtail (Mystic Lake Power Plant 24-hour total) |
| July 2019 | Hail | Luther | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Luther | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Luther | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linley (historical) | 0.0 miles | 13 | |
| Simpkins Place | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Alex Boggio Place | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Rankin Place | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Roscoe | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Peterson Place | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| George Place | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| George Place (historical) | 7.1 miles | 14 |
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 Luther | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6705472 | 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 786724. 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.






