Santa Rita, Montana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Cut Bank census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59427. The Survey maps it on the Cut Bank quadrangle. 107 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,793 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSanta Rita fell from 113 to 107 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 | 113 | |
| 2020 | 107 | -6 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1907 USGS Blackfoot Res. quadrangle1:48000
- 1909 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:125000
- 1912 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Santa Rita between 1992 and 2019, burning about 65 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | CARTER OIL ROAD |
| 31 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | STAR CRAFT |
| 19 August 2007 | Natural | 49 acres | Blackfeet Agency | ANDERSON |
| 10 August 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | FIRE TRAIN FIRE |
| 3 July 2003 | Fireworks | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | 4824FIRE |
| 27 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier County | MEADOWBROOK ROAD |
| 30 June 2014 | Firearms and explosives use | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | HOT TUB |
| 8 April 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Blackfeet Agency | HIBBS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Santa Rita: 6 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 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santa Rita in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 9 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Hail | Santa Rita | - | Public report of quarter sized hail. Time was estimated via radar. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Santa Rita | - | Quarter size (1 inch diameter) hail west of Del Bonita. Hail size was estimated. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Santa Rita | - | Trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Santa Rita | - | Damage to two vehicles from quarter size hail was reported by the public. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Santa Rita | - | Two neighbors north of spotter reported golf ball size hail with storm. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Santa Rita | - | Heavy rain, measuring 1.20 inches in 20 minutes, caused minor street flooding. One half inch hail was also reported with storm. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Santa Rita | - | Hail measuring 1.00 inches (quarter sized) was reported 26 mi NW of Santa Rita, MT. Mix of quarter and pea sized hail accumulated to approximately a foot deep around buildings during storm. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Santa Rita | - | Hail measuring 1.50 inches (ping pong ball sized) was reported 12 mi WNW of Santa Rita, MT. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Santa Rita | - | Golf ball sized hail, measuring 1.75 inches, was reported 6 miles NE of Santa Rita. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santa Rita | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Santa Rita 15N. |
| July 1996 | Hail | Santa Rita | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cut Bank | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Horizon Colony | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Gunsight | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Tipville (historical) | 10.4 miles | 11 | |
| Glacier Colony | 10.6 miles | 11 | |
| Zenith Colony | 11.7 miles | 11 | |
| Sundance | 12.2 miles | 9 | |
| Seville Colony | 13.9 miles | 9 |
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 Santa Rita | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6120662 | 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 776218. 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.







