Red Lodge, Montana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 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 Red Lodge East quadrangle. 2,257 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,568 feet above sea level.
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On record in Red Lodge
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 12 of 16 shown
Calvary Episcopal Churchlisted 1986
Kent Dairy Round Barnlisted 1995
Red Lodge Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1983
Red Lodge Communal Mausoleumlisted 2011
Red Lodge-Cooke City Approach Road Historic Districtlisted 2014
Warila Boarding House and Saunalisted 1985- Camp Senia Historic Districtlisted 1988
- Camp Senia Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Data)listed 2015
- Hi Bug Historic Districtlisted 1986
- Red Lodge Brewing Company-Red Lodge Canning Companylisted 2007
- Red Lodge Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)listed 1984
- Red Lodge Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)listed 1986
Population over time
2 figuresRed Lodge grew from 2,125 to 2,257 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 | 2,125 | |
| 2020 | 2,257 | +132 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1944 USGS Red Lodge quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Red Lodge East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1989 USGS Red Lodge quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Red Lodge East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Red Lodge between 1995 and 2019, burning about 2,322 acres in total. 6 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 | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Other causes | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | SILVER RUN |
| 9 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | DUTCH CREEK |
| 7 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | SKI RUN |
| 27 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,503 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | WILLIE |
| 21 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | FENCE POST |
| 14 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | PALISADES |
| 11 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | ANDERSON MUTUAL AID |
| 1 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Land Office | ELK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Red Lodge: 6 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, REE, Uranium, REE, Chromium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Horse | Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Red Lodge | Chromium | Producer | Chromite, Magnetite | |
| Thom Property | REE, Uranium | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Thom Property | REE, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Unnamed Uranium | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Weaver Property | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Weaver Property | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Lodge in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 11 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 2 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Wildfire | Red Lodge | $525,000 | Dry lightning set off a wildfire which burned 133 acres near the Parkside Campground in the Beartooth National Forest. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Lodge | $50,000 | A chemical storage shed was blown apart. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Red Lodge | - | Mostly pea to half inch hail with a few quarter size hailstones mixed in. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Red Lodge | - | Hail Report. |
| June 2022 | Flood | Red Lodge | - | Please see Episode Narrative for information regarding this multi-county historic flood event. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Red Lodge | - | Streets flooded and manholes overflowed in downtown Red Lodge. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Red Lodge | - | Red Lodge fire chief reported water one foot deep flowing down the streets. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Lodge | - | An estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph resulting in damage to a ranger station roof was reported in Red Lodge. |
| May 2005 | Heavy Rain | Red Lodge | - | 4.40 inches of rain 5W Red Lodge (Cole Creek Snotel 24-hour total) |
| May 2005 | Heavy Rain | Red Lodge | - | 6.99 inches of rain in Red Lodge |
| June 2004 | Hail | Red Lodge | - | Campground south of Red Lodge |
| May 1999 | Hail | Red Lodge | - | Golf ball size hail was reported by Carbon County Sheriff's dispatch. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Red Lodge | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Red Lodge | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Red Lodge | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Red Lodge | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Red Lodge | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Red Lodge | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Red Lodge | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonia (historical) | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Scotch Coulee (historical) | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Washoe | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Bearcreek | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Eagle (historical) | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Fox | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Richel Lodge | 9.9 miles | 15 | |
| Luther | 11.6 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 Red Lodge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q959349 | 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 789456. 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.






