Toston, Montana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Townsend East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59643. It stands on Sixmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Toston quadrangle. 100 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,917 feet above sea level.
On record in Toston
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
Toston Bridgelisted 2005
Population over time
2 figuresToston fell from 108 to 100 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 | 108 | |
| 2020 | 100 | -8 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1886 USGS Fort Logan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Toston quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Toston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Toston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 64 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.1 acres | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | MISSOURI RIVER |
| 2 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 11 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | not named |
| 8 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Broadwater County | GREAVES ROAD |
| 4 July 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 15 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 24 June 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | not named |
| 23 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Toston: 2 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleo | Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Kolberg Mill | Gold | Plant | ||
| L and R Placer | Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toston in 11 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toston | - | Mesonet station MTM83 Toston Sw2 measured a 60 mph wind gust. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toston | - | Toston MT mesonet measured a 64 mph wind gust. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toston | - | Mesonet station MTTOS Toston Bridge Us-287 Mp 87.0 measured a 62 mph gust. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toston | - | Local officials report roads closed due to downed power lines and trees. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Toston | - | Pea-size to quarter-size hail cover the ground. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Toston | - | Hail measuring 1.25 inches (half dollar sized) was reported in Toston, MT. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Toston | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Toston 14E. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Toston | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Toston. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toston | - | A severe thunderstorm near Toston tore the roof off a shed. The roof traveled 75 feet, before landing on top of a vehicle. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Toston | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 1.75 inch hail at Toston 13SW. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toston | - | Peak wind gust estimated at least 60 mph as Agrimet automated station reported 57 mph winds averaged over 15 minutes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brewer | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Lombard | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Holker | 6.0 miles | 19 | |
| Parker | 8.8 miles | 19 | |
| Crow Creek City (historical) | 8.8 miles | 19 | |
| Radersburg | 10.2 miles | 19 | |
| Deep Creek (historical) | 10.4 miles | 19 | |
| Townsend | 10.9 miles | 17 |
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 Toston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q590839 | 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 777714. 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.







