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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.

Power within Teton County

Population over time

3 figures

Power 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.

YearPeople Change
2000171
2010179+8 (+5%)
2020177-2 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

4 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
25 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresBenton Lake National Wildlife RefugePUMPHOUSE
21 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use29 acresCentral Land OfficeDUTTON
19 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTeton Countynot named
12 March 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,200 acresCentral Land OfficePOWER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Teton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed Clay DepositClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Teton County

Storms near this place

17 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPower-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 2024Thunderstorm WindPower-Trained spotter reports branches blown off of an ash tree.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPower-The public reported gusts estimated to be 60 mph east of I-15. Debris was lofted in the air.
June 2022Heavy RainPower-Social media report.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindPower-Awos station k1jm juliett observed a peak wind gust of 67 knots.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindPower-Public estimates 60 kt (69 mph) thunderstorm wind gust.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindPower-Trained spotter reports 54 kt (62 mph) thunderstorm wind gust.
June 2020HailPower-A lot of quarter to ping pong sized hail. Also, reports wind shredded pine trees and a lot of branches down.
June 2019HailPower-Quarter size or larger hail measured.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindPower-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 2018Thunderstorm WindPower-Media reported downed trees, power outage, and small hail one-mile south of Power. Estimated magnitude of wind gusts.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindPower-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 65 mph at Power 4SW.
July 2002HailPower-A severe thunderstorm produced 1.00 inch hail and wind gusts to 40 mph near Power.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindPower-no account filed
August 1999HailPower-no account filed
July 1998HailPower-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindPower-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Teton County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Cordova5.1 miles15
Beck (historical)8.4 miles13
Dutton8.9 miles14
Greenfield10.5 miles15
Cleiv11.2 miles15
Diamond Valley13.5 miles14
Collins16.1 miles13
Fairfield17.0 miles15

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 PowerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q955999The 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.