Orchard Homes, 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 59804. The Survey maps it on the Southwest Missoula quadrangle. 5,377 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,153 feet above sea level.
On record in Orchard Homes
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
A. J. Gibson Houselisted 1980 · 1.0 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresOrchard Homes grew from 5,197 to 5,377 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 | 5,197 | |
| 2020 | 5,377 | +180 (+3%) |
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
471 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 471 fires within 5 miles of Orchard Homes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,050 acres in total. 21 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 | 258 |
| Debris and open burning | 134 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | HORSEBACK RIDGE |
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | C.C. TRAILHEAD |
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missoula County | not named |
| 8 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | CRAZY TRAIL FIRE |
| 8 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | HAYES CREEK FIRE |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missoula County | not named |
| 6 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missoula County | 200430 |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missoula County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Orchard Homes: 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L.S. Jensen & Sons Inc. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Pattee Canyon Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stock Pile | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Kaolin | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Kaolin | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Dorite Claims | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Missoula Barite Deposit | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite | |
| Missoula Barite Deposit | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Montana Barite Mill | Barium-Barite | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orchard Homes in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orchard Homes | $3,000 | Power lines were reported down across Mullan Rd. Large tree branches were reported down at the Missoula Country Club golf course. Large trees were also reported down in the university district and along Daly Avenue. |
| May 2018 | Flood | Orchard Homes | - | The Bitterroot River near Missoula reached flood stage and caused flooding in low-lying areas and contributed to high groundwater near the Linda Vista and lower Miller creek areas. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travois Village | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Hell Gate (historical) | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Missoula | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Westview Park | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| East Missoula | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| De Smet | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Grant Creek (historical) | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Grass Valley | 7.0 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 Orchard Homes | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q957841 | 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 788477. 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.







