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Twin Bridges, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Twin Bridges census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59754. It stands on Third Slough. The Survey maps it on the Twin Bridges quadrangle. 330 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,626 feet above sea level.

Twin Bridges within Madison County

On record in Twin Bridges

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

Twin Bridges fell from 375 to 330 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
2010375
2020330-45 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

5 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Twin Bridges between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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
Debris and open burning2
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
15 September 2020Debris and open burning8.0 acresMadison CountyTB DUMP
28 July 2012Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestFOOTHILLS
24 July 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMadison CountyJEFFERSON
21 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMadison CountyHELLS CANYON
31 March 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte Field OfficePCB

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison 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 Twin Bridges: 4 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver. 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
PlainviewGold, SilverProspect
Wooden NickelGoldPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

8 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Twin Bridges in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2016: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
July 2016Funnel CloudTwin Bridges-Madison County Sheriff's Deputy reported seeing a funnel cloud near Twin Bridges.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindTwin Bridges-Strong winds measuring 78KT (90MPH) were reported 2 miles ESE of Twin Bridges, MT. Five large trees were reported down as a result of the wind.
August 2013HailTwin Bridges-Hail measuring 1.00 inches (quarter sized) was reported in Twin Bridges, MT. Trees reported down as well.
August 2013HailTwin Bridges-Hail measuring 1.50 inches (ping pong ball sized) was reported in Twin Bridges, MT.
January 2009FloodTwin Bridges-An ice jam on the Ruby River just south of Twin Bridges (upstream of the Seyler Lane Bridge) caused minor flooding of low-lying areas. Pasture land and a few outbuildings were affected.
July 2005HailTwin Bridges-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindTwin Bridges-no account filed
September 1995HailTwin Bridges-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Iron Rod (historical)6.9 miles17
Centerville (historical)8.3 miles14
Sheridan9.4 miles15
Silver Star10.4 miles17
Rochester10.4 miles13
Leiterville11.1 miles17
Brandon11.4 miles15
Waterloo14.3 miles16

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 Twin BridgesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q954670The 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 792499. 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.