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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.

Santa Rita within Glacier County

Population over time

2 figures

Santa 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.

YearPeople Change
2010113
2020107-6 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

13 since 1992

Regional 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 burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
15 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreBlackfeet AgencyCARTER OIL ROAD
31 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBlackfeet AgencySTAR CRAFT
19 August 2007Natural49 acresBlackfeet AgencyANDERSON
10 August 2010Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreBlackfeet AgencyFIRE TRAIN FIRE
3 July 2003Fireworksunder an acreBlackfeet Agency4824FIRE
27 July 2019Naturalunder an acreGlacier CountyMEADOWBROOK ROAD
30 June 2014Firearms and explosives useunder an acreBlackfeet AgencyHOT TUB
8 April 2010Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresBlackfeet AgencyHIBBS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glacier County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Glacier County

Storms near this place

11 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2022HailSanta Rita-Public report of quarter sized hail. Time was estimated via radar.
July 2021HailSanta Rita-Quarter size (1 inch diameter) hail west of Del Bonita. Hail size was estimated.
July 2021HailSanta Rita-Trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail.
July 2021HailSanta Rita-Damage to two vehicles from quarter size hail was reported by the public.
July 2021HailSanta Rita-Two neighbors north of spotter reported golf ball size hail with storm.
August 2014Heavy RainSanta Rita-Heavy rain, measuring 1.20 inches in 20 minutes, caused minor street flooding. One half inch hail was also reported with storm.
July 2013HailSanta 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 2013HailSanta Rita-Hail measuring 1.50 inches (ping pong ball sized) was reported 12 mi WNW of Santa Rita, MT.
July 2012HailSanta Rita-Golf ball sized hail, measuring 1.75 inches, was reported 6 miles NE of Santa Rita.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindSanta Rita-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Santa Rita 15N.
July 1996HailSanta Rita-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Glacier 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
Cut Bank4.7 miles13
Horizon Colony5.1 miles11
Gunsight8.7 miles12
Tipville (historical)10.4 miles11
Glacier Colony10.6 miles11
Zenith Colony11.7 miles11
Sundance12.2 miles9
Seville Colony13.9 miles9

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 RitaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6120662The 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.