Power, Montana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Dutton-Power census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59468. The Survey maps it on the Power quadrangle. 177 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,694 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresPower grew from 171 to 177 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 171 | |
| 2010 | 179 | +8 (+5%) |
| 2020 | 177 | -2 (-1%) |
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.
- 1886 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Vaughn quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Vaughn quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Great Falls North quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Power quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Power between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,232 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge | PUMPHOUSE |
| 21 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 29 acres | Central Land Office | DUTTON |
| 19 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Teton County | not named |
| 12 March 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,200 acres | Central Land Office | POWER |
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 Power: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
17 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Power in 17 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Power | - | The public reported several instances of damage on their farm, mainly due to strong wind gusts. The report included mention of roof and siding damage, in addition to barn door damage, a blown over auger, and a blown over 250 gallon container. Visibility was around 10 ft at the peak of the event and 0.80 inches of rain accumulated over 4 minutes. A follow up report from the same source mentioned upon further inspection, the combination of strong wind gusts and hail resulted in damage to crops. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Power | - | Trained spotter reports branches blown off of an ash tree. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Power | - | The public reported gusts estimated to be 60 mph east of I-15. Debris was lofted in the air. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Power | - | Social media report. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Power | - | Awos station k1jm juliett observed a peak wind gust of 67 knots. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Power | - | Public estimates 60 kt (69 mph) thunderstorm wind gust. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Power | - | Trained spotter reports 54 kt (62 mph) thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Power | - | A lot of quarter to ping pong sized hail. Also, reports wind shredded pine trees and a lot of branches down. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Power | - | Quarter size or larger hail measured. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Power | - | Spotter reported strong wind gusts and pea-size hail chipped paint on house siding and also caused minor damage to windows. Estimated magnitude of wind gusts. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Power | - | Media reported downed trees, power outage, and small hail one-mile south of Power. Estimated magnitude of wind gusts. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Power | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 65 mph at Power 4SW. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Power | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 1.00 inch hail and wind gusts to 40 mph near Power. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Power | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Power | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Power | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Power | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cordova | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Beck (historical) | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Dutton | 8.9 miles | 14 | |
| Greenfield | 10.5 miles | 15 | |
| Cleiv | 11.2 miles | 15 | |
| Diamond Valley | 13.5 miles | 14 | |
| Collins | 16.1 miles | 13 | |
| Fairfield | 17.0 miles | 15 |
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 Power | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q955999 | 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 775423. 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.






