Ronan, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Flathead Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59864. The Survey maps it on the Ronan quadrangle. 1,955 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,048 feet above sea level.
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On record in Ronan
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 1 record
Don E. Olsson House and Garagelisted 2009
Population over time
2 figuresRonan grew from 1,871 to 1,955 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 | 1,871 | |
| 2020 | 1,955 | +84 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1920 USGS Flathead Lake quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Ronan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Polson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
130 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Ronan between 1993 and 2020, burning about 198 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Flathead Agency | BAPTISTE RD |
| 4 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Flathead Agency | JOHN DEERE |
| 4 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead Agency | ROCK CREEK |
| 4 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Flathead Agency | GRACE |
| 30 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Flathead Agency | BARTEL |
| 29 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Flathead Agency | HAMMERDAM4 |
| 28 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Flathead Agency | HAMMERD |
| 24 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Flathead Agency | CANAL RD |
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 Ronan: 8 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
12 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ronan in 12 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ronan | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ronan | $5,000 | Several live trees were uprooted as thunderstorm outflow winds moved from southwest to northeast across the Mission Valley. Power outages and one report of minor vehicle damage from a falling tree branch were reported. |
| October 2011 | Heavy Rain | Ronan | - | Equipment at Ronan reported 0.89 inches of rainfall in 12 hours. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Ronan | - | Spotter reported 1.50 inch hail 7 miles south of Ronan. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ronan | - | Thunderstorm winds were reported to have blown down several trees and large limbs down onto power lines. |
| June 2006 | Flood | Ronan | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Ronan | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Ronan | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ronan | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ronan | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Ronan | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Ronan | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kicking Horse | 4.9 miles | 6 | |
| Pablo | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Dunham | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Allentown | 6.1 miles | 6 | |
| Charlo | 7.3 miles | 6 | |
| Mountain View (historical) | 8.1 miles | 9 | |
| Round Butte | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Post Creek | 9.0 miles | 6 |
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 Ronan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q966977 | 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 775919. 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.




