Noxon, Montana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Thompson Falls-West End census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59853. It stands on Soldier Creek. The Survey maps it on the Noxon quadrangle. 255 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,185 feet above sea level.
On record in Noxon
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 1 record
Bull River Guard Stationlisted 1990
Population over time
2 figuresNoxon grew from 218 to 255 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 | 218 | |
| 2020 | 255 | +37 (+17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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 Trout Creek quadrangle1:125000
- 1935 USGS Trout Creek quadrangle1:125000
- 1936 USGS Trout Creek quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Noxon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Thompson Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Noxon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
68 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Noxon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 432 acres in total. 27 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 | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | SOLDIER CREEK |
| 29 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | not named |
| 27 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | GOVERNMENT LOOKOUT |
| 22 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | not named |
| 18 September 1998 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Kootenai National Forest | ORR GULCH |
| 18 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | BASIN COPPER |
| 15 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | ROCK RIDGE |
| 13 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Noxon: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Calcium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller | Copper, Lead | Prospect | ||
| White Star | Calcium, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Miller Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite | |
| White Star Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite |
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Noxon in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2006: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noxon | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts up to 65 mph measured at Noxon school weather station. Numerous trees and power lines knocked down with power outages. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noxon | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noxon | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Noxon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smead (historical) | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Tuscor | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Heron | 10.3 miles | 14 | |
| Larchwood | 12.9 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar (historical) | 13.4 miles | 14 | |
| Trout Creek | 14.7 miles | 13 | |
| Childs | 21.7 miles | 9 | |
| White Pine | 23.6 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 Noxon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q964319 | 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 788328. 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.







