Troy, Montana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Troy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59935. It stands on Callahan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Troy quadrangle. 797 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,900 feet above sea level.
On record in Troy
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 2 records
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridgelisted 2006
Troy Jaillisted 2006
Population over time
2 figuresTroy fell from 938 to 797 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 | 938 | |
| 2020 | 797 | -141 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1920 USGS Libby quadrangle1:125000
- 1930 USGS Libby quadrangle1:125000
- 1932 USGS Libby quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Troy quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Libby quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Troy quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Troy quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
188 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Troy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 88 acres in total. 58 started naturally. 21 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 | 58 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | WHITE PINE |
| 8 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | LITTLE MAN |
| 7 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | SWANSONS LODGE |
| 7 September 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | 1333 |
| 6 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | THROOPS |
| 5 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | GRAVEL |
| 30 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | BLACK OCTOBER |
| 29 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | OLD HWY 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Troy: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Christmas Tree Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Kotschevar Barite | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Liberty Metals | Zinc, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Milton Group | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Troy Area | Platinum | Occurrence | Unknown | |
| American Eagle | Lead, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Blacktail | Lead, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Weyerhaeuser | Lead, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Callahan Creek Placer | Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Troy in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2014: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | 1 hurt | A tree blew over and knocked a man off a ladder while he was doing construction on his home. He was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | $4,000 | The Lincoln County Emergency Manager reported that thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines in the Troy area. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | $2,500 | A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm winds between 50 to 60 mph that caused tree damage and power outages in the area. The wind developed 10 to 12 minutes before brief heavy rain fell. They reported that the wind caused 4 big healthy fir and one yellow pine tree with a diameter of up to 2 feet to fall over. They also observed a few cottonwood trees with their tops blown off. A 200 person awning from a wedding was damaged while a part of the roof trim from the Bull Lake Fire Department blew off as a result of the wind. Timing is based on reports and post-radar analysis. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | - | A spotter reported multiple power poles down, along with power outages. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Troy | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Troy | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kootenai Falls | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Yakt | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Bull Lake | 15.1 miles | 14 | |
| Sylvanite | 17.5 miles | 8 | |
| Green Acres | 17.6 miles | 14 | |
| Libby | 18.4 miles | 14 | |
| White Haven | 21.4 miles | 14 | |
| Pioneer Junction | 21.5 miles | 14 |
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 Troy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q967082 | 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 792409. 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.









