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.
Population over time
2 figuresTurah 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 306 | |
| 2020 | 364 | +58 (+19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1903 USGS Bonner quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Bonner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Missoula East quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Bonner quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
303 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 137 |
| Natural | 56 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 9 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | MM 3 HWY 200 |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | ALLEN CREEK II |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | ST. LAWRENCE CREEK |
| 5 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | DEER CREEK |
| 5 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonner Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Clinton Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Douglas Creek Placer | Gold | Producer | ||
| Mc Quarrie Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Western Materials Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wheeler Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piltzville | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Bonner | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Bonner Junction | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Milltown | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| West Riverside | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Carols Court | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Mountain View Court | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Miller | 4.9 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 Turah | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6153861 | 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 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.







