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.
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
Doncaster Round Barnlisted 2015- Madison County Fairgroundslisted 1984
Population over time
2 figuresTwin 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 375 | |
| 2020 | 330 | -45 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1893 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Twin Bridges quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Butte South quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Twin Bridges quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Madison County | TB DUMP |
| 28 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | FOOTHILLS |
| 24 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Madison County | JEFFERSON |
| 21 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Madison County | HELLS CANYON |
| 31 March 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Butte Field Office | PCB |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plainview | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Wooden Nickel | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
8 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Twin Bridges | - | Madison County Sheriff's Deputy reported seeing a funnel cloud near Twin Bridges. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twin 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 2013 | Hail | Twin Bridges | - | Hail measuring 1.00 inches (quarter sized) was reported in Twin Bridges, MT. Trees reported down as well. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Twin Bridges | - | Hail measuring 1.50 inches (ping pong ball sized) was reported in Twin Bridges, MT. |
| January 2009 | Flood | Twin 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 2005 | Hail | Twin Bridges | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twin Bridges | - | no account filed |
| September 1995 | Hail | Twin Bridges | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Rod (historical) | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Centerville (historical) | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Sheridan | 9.4 miles | 15 | |
| Silver Star | 10.4 miles | 17 | |
| Rochester | 10.4 miles | 13 | |
| Leiterville | 11.1 miles | 17 | |
| Brandon | 11.4 miles | 15 | |
| Waterloo | 14.3 miles | 16 |
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 Bridges | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q954670 | 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 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.








