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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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Red Lodge within Carbon County

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

Every listing in Carbon County

Population over time

2 figures

Red 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,125
20202,257+132 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

26 since 1995

Regional 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/undetermined7
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning3
Other causes2
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2019Other causesunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestSILVER RUN
9 August 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestDUTCH CREEK
7 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestSKI RUN
27 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,503 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestWILLIE
21 August 1998Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestFENCE POST
14 August 1996Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestPALISADES
11 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestANDERSON MUTUAL AID
1 August 2018Naturalunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeELK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carbon County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bay HorseSilver, GoldProspect
Red LodgeChromiumProducerChromite, Magnetite
Thom PropertyREE, UraniumOccurrenceVein
Thom PropertyREE, UraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
Unnamed UraniumUraniumOccurrence
Weaver PropertyUraniumOccurrence
Weaver PropertyUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Carbon County

Storms near this place

19 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1998WildfireRed Lodge$525,000Dry lightning set off a wildfire which burned 133 acres near the Parkside Campground in the Beartooth National Forest.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindRed Lodge$50,000A chemical storage shed was blown apart.
June 2025HailRed Lodge-Mostly pea to half inch hail with a few quarter size hailstones mixed in.
June 2025HailRed Lodge-Hail Report.
June 2022FloodRed Lodge-Please see Episode Narrative for information regarding this multi-county historic flood event.
July 2013Flash FloodRed Lodge-Streets flooded and manholes overflowed in downtown Red Lodge.
July 2011Flash FloodRed Lodge-Red Lodge fire chief reported water one foot deep flowing down the streets.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindRed Lodge-An estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph resulting in damage to a ranger station roof was reported in Red Lodge.
May 2005Heavy RainRed Lodge-4.40 inches of rain 5W Red Lodge (Cole Creek Snotel 24-hour total)
May 2005Heavy RainRed Lodge-6.99 inches of rain in Red Lodge
June 2004HailRed Lodge-Campground south of Red Lodge
May 1999HailRed Lodge-Golf ball size hail was reported by Carbon County Sheriff's dispatch.
August 2018HailRed Lodge-no account filed
July 2011HailRed Lodge-no account filed
July 2011HailRed Lodge-no account filed
June 2005HailRed Lodge-no account filed
June 2005HailRed Lodge-no account filed
June 2005HailRed Lodge-no account filed
June 1996HailRed Lodge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carbon 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
Caledonia (historical)2.3 miles15
Scotch Coulee (historical)2.3 miles15
Washoe2.3 miles15
Bearcreek5.1 miles15
Eagle (historical)6.1 miles15
Fox6.5 miles10
Richel Lodge9.9 miles15
Luther11.6 miles13

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 LodgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q959349The 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.