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Turah, Montana

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Missoula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59802. It stands on Turah Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bonner quadrangle. 364 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,045 feet above sea level.

Turah within Missoula County

Population over time

2 figures

Turah grew from 306 to 364 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
2010306
2020364+58 (+19%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

303 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 303 fires within 5 miles of Turah between 1992 and 2020, burning about 308 acres in total. 56 started naturally. 12 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined137
Natural56
Recreation and ceremony37
Debris and open burning35
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking11
Fireworks5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
7 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeMM 3 HWY 200
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestALLEN CREEK II
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeST. LAWRENCE CREEK
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestDEER CREEK
5 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresSouthwestern Land Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Missoula County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Turah: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Gold, Silica. 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
Bonner QuarryStonePast Producer
Clinton PitSilicaPast Producer
Douglas Creek PlacerGoldProducer
Mc Quarrie QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Western Materials IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wheeler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Missoula 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
Piltzville2.5 miles17
Bonner3.2 miles17
Bonner Junction3.2 miles18
Milltown3.7 miles18
West Riverside4.3 miles18
Carols Court4.6 miles18
Mountain View Court4.7 miles18
Miller4.9 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 TurahAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6153861The 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 792462. 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.