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Stevensville, Montana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Stevensville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59870. It stands on North Swamp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stevensville quadrangle. 2,002 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,323 feet above sea level.

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Stevensville within Ravalli County

On record in Stevensville

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 48 shown

Every listing in Ravalli County

Population over time

2 figures

Stevensville grew from 1,809 to 2,002 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
20101,809
20202,002+193 (+11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Stevensville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,174 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning22
Natural16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony8
Arson/incendiarism2
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
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRavaIIi County203 CACTUS TRL
4 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBitterroot National ForestWARMING
25 September 2003Debris and open burning70 acresSouthwestern Land Officenot named
2 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
2 September 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouthwestern Land Officenot named
12 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBitterroot National ForestKOOTENAI 2
8 August 2005Naturalunder an acreBitterroot National ForestBROOKS CREEK
4 August 2002Naturalunder an acreBitterroot National ForestST. MARY'S MILE 4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ravalli County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Stevensville: 5 occurrences, 5 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Pumice, Garnet, Titanium, Metal, Thorium, Zirconium, Iron, Gold. 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
Main River ValleyIron, Titanium, Zirconium, ThoriumUnknown
Mccalla CreekTitanium, Iron, ZirconiumUnknown
Mccalla Creek Placer AreaGarnet, Titanium, Metal, Thorium, Zirconium, IronOccurrenceGarnet, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon
PlacerGoldOccurrence
Sharrot CreekTitanium, ThoriumUnknown
Silverthorn CreekTitanium, Zirconium, Iron, ThoriumUnknown
Strife ProspectTungstenOccurrence
Bitteroot ValleyPumiceUnknown
Unnamed LocationPumiceOccurrence
Willoughby Creek AshPumiceOccurrence

Every working recorded in Ravalli County

Storms near this place

21 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stevensville in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 heavy rain, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2002HailStevensville$2,000,000no account filed
November 2006FloodStevensville$60,000Kootenai Creek flooded from heavy rain and snow melt washing a bridge out. Minor small stream flooding was reported elsewhere in the county.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindStevensville$25,000A weather station at the Stevensville Airport reported the gust to 66 mph originating out of the northwest. Multiple power line and pole issues were reported in the northern Ravalli County due to the winds. It appears that the Stevensville area was the furthest south extent of the derecho winds, while the Missoula area took a direct hit.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindStevensville$20,000A severe thunderstorm moved across the Burnt Fork area near Stevensville during the evening hours and blew the roof off of a building.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindStevensville$15,000A strong thunderstorm moved through Ravalli County, snapping numerous trees four to eight feet above the ground. The trees were willows, poplars, and cottonwoods.
June 2022HailStevensville-Several reports of 1.00 inch hail.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindStevensville-A fence with 5 x 5 inch posts was blown down. Wind estimates near 60 mph.
July 2014Heavy RainStevensville-A person from the public reported 0.50 of rainfall that fell in 15 minutes. A person from Florence measured 0.74 that fell in 15 minutes as well.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindStevensville-An amateur radio operator reported a wind gust to 58 mph.
July 2008HailStevensville-A trained spotter reported 1 1/2 inch diameter hail with a passing storm.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindStevensville-Public reported wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. Several large tree brnaches were broken off trees in the area.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindStevensville-A tree was blown onto a house in Stevensville.
June 2004HailStevensville-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindStevensville-no account filed
August 2002Heavy RainStevensville-no account filed
August 2002HailStevensville-no account filed
July 2002HailStevensville-no account filed
July 2002HailStevensville-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindStevensville-no account filed
August 1997HailStevensville-no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindStevensville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ravalli 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
Apple Blossom Court0.6 miles14
Mountain Shadows Estates0.9 miles17
Cinnabar Court1.9 miles17
Bitterroot Court2.3 miles14
Bing4.6 miles17
Bell Crossing4.9 miles17
Bitter Root (historical)5.0 miles14
Etna (historical)5.1 miles17

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 StevensvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q955315The 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 791505. 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.