Trout Creek, Montana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Thompson Falls-West End census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59874. It stands on Trout Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trout Creek quadrangle. 277 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,372 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresTrout Creek grew from 261 to 277 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 261 | |
| 2010 | 242 | -19 (-7%) |
| 2020 | 277 | +35 (+14%) |
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.
- 1932 USGS Trout Creek quadrangle1:125000
- 1935 USGS Trout Creek quadrangle1:125000
- 1936 USGS Trout Creek quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Trout Creek quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1992 USGS Thompson Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Trout Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Trout Creek between 1992 and 2019, burning about 39 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | GALENA |
| 7 September 2007 | Smoking | 6.0 acres | Kootenai National Forest | 20 ODD |
| 29 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | BLUE SLIDE |
| 22 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | SWAMP CREEK |
| 21 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | GRAVEL PIT #3 |
| 20 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | GRAVEL PIT #2 |
| 2 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | WATER GULCH |
| 18 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | POWERLINE #1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Trout Creek: 8 occurrences, 5 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Lode Mining Co. | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Ruth V | Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Ruth V. Claim | Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Shoestring 1 & 2 | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| White Penny Lode | Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Carmi Lode | Copper | Occurrence | Malachite | |
| Four Up Group | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Four Up Group | Copper | Prospect | Vein | |
| Four Up Group | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Sid Claim | Copper | Producer | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larchwood | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Tuscor | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Childs | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| White Pine | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Talc | 11.8 miles | 13 | |
| Noxon | 14.7 miles | 12 | |
| Belknap | 15.7 miles | 13 | |
| Shannonville (historical) | 17.2 miles | 13 |
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 Trout Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q962493 | 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 792392. 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.







