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Sheridan, Montana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Sheridan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59749. It stands on Nonpariel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sheridan quadrangle. 694 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,115 feet above sea level.

Sheridan within Madison County

On record in Sheridan

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 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Sheridan grew from 642 to 694 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
2010642
2020694+52 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

19 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Sheridan between 1994 and 2020, burning about 680 acres in total. 1 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 burning13
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1
Fireworks1

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 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMadison CountySILVER SPRINGS
15 September 2020Debris and open burning13 acresMadison CountyDUMP
15 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMadison CountyMT HWY 287
15 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMadison CountyWISCONSIN CREEK
15 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMadison CountyTUKE
15 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMadison CountyANDERSON LANE
31 August 2009Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestTAMARACK MINE
22 August 1996Debris and open burning34 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestWISCONSIN PRIVATE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Sheridan: 14 past producers, 7 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Gold, Silver. 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
BuckeyeLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Buckeye Mine - Victoria MinesLead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, CopperPast Producer1865
Chromium OccurrenceChromium, Feldspar, Mica, QuartzOccurrence
Heller ProspectGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerVein
Heller Prospect Adit 1Gold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Horse Creek Quartz Diorite PegmatiteChromium, Mica, Feldspar, QuartzOccurrenceChromite
Horse Creek Talc ProspectCopper, Talc-SoapstoneOccurrenceMalachite, Talc
Latest Out MineTalc-SoapstonePast Producer
Ramshorn CreekMica, SilicaUnknown
Toledo MineGold, Lead, Silver, Copper, ZincPast ProducerSphalerite

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

12 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sheridan in 12 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 10 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2024HailSheridan-Trained spotter reported half dollar sized hail while traveling through Sheridan. Time estimated using radar.
August 2024HailSheridan-A trained spotter reported hail between 1 and 2 inches in diameter which shattered/splattered upon impact.
August 2019HailSheridan-A member of the public shared a photo of hail sized 1.75 inches in diameter.
August 2019HailSheridan-A trained spotter reported a garage window blown out by hail sized 1 inch in diameter.
June 2008HailSheridan-A severe thunderstorm dropped .75 inch diameter hail at Sheridan 6SW.
July 2008HailSheridan-A severe thunderstorm dropped .88 inch diameter hail at Sheridan 2W.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindSheridan-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 70 mph at Sheridan 2W.
July 2008HailSheridan-A severe thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Sheridan. Hail broke nearly every window on the south and west facing sides of the Sheridan high school and elementary school. Many homes suffered substantial hail damage as did vehicles and crops.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindSheridan-A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds, damaging several homes and trailers.
June 2006HailSheridan-no account filed
August 2004HailSheridan-no account filed
August 1999HailSheridan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Brandon3.2 miles15
Leiterville7.9 miles17
Laurin8.2 miles15
Twin Bridges9.4 miles16
Alder10.3 miles15
Ruby10.6 miles15
Centerville (historical)11.9 miles14
Junction14.0 miles21

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 SheridanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q956658The 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 776478. 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.