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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.

Troy within Lincoln County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Troy 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.

YearPeople Change
2010938
2020797-141 (-15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

188 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural58
Recreation and ceremony35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism21
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Fireworks4
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKootenai National ForestWHITE PINE
8 September 1995Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestLITTLE MAN
7 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreKootenai National ForestSWANSONS LODGE
7 September 2004Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreKootenai National Forest1333
6 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreKootenai National ForestTHROOPS
5 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreKootenai National ForestGRAVEL
30 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKootenai National ForestBLACK OCTOBER
29 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreKootenai National ForestOLD HWY 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
BearLead, Silver, ZincOccurrence
Christmas Tree MineGold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Kotschevar BariteBarium-BariteOccurrence
Liberty MetalsZinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Milton GroupGold, Copper, Lead, SilverUnknown
Troy AreaPlatinumOccurrenceUnknown
American EagleLead, CopperProspect
BlacktailLead, CopperProspect
WeyerhaeuserLead, CopperProspect
Callahan Creek PlacerGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

8 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2006Thunderstorm WindTroy1 hurtA 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 2014Thunderstorm WindTroy$4,000The Lincoln County Emergency Manager reported that thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines in the Troy area.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindTroy$2,500A 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 2014Thunderstorm WindTroy-A spotter reported multiple power poles down, along with power outages.
July 2006HailTroy-no account filed
May 2006HailTroy-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindTroy-no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindTroy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Kootenai Falls5.8 miles14
Yakt7.1 miles9
Bull Lake15.1 miles14
Sylvanite17.5 miles8
Green Acres17.6 miles14
Libby18.4 miles14
White Haven21.4 miles14
Pioneer Junction21.5 miles14

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 TroyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q967082The 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.