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Ulm, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Great Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59485. The Survey maps it on the Ulm quadrangle. 723 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,350 feet above sea level.

Ulm within Cascade County

Population over time

2 figures

Ulm fell from 738 to 723 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
2010738
2020723-15 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Ulm between 1997 and 2020, burning about 51 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 August 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresCentral Land OfficeULM
9 July 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresCentral Land OfficeULM
14 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCentral Land OfficeGORE HILL
4 June 2018Naturalunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
22 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCentral Land OfficeGORE HILL
30 April 1997Debris and open burning10 acresCentral Land OfficeBOX LANE
25 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreCascade CountyDRIFTWOOD CONTROLLED BURN
16 April 2020Equipment and vehicle use30 acresCascade CountyMEDOWS ROAD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cascade County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ulm: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Missouri River Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Vaughn Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cascade County

Storms near this place

46 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ulm in 46 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 22 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 11 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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
June 2004HailUlm$2,000no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindUlm-AWOS station K1IM India measured the gust.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindUlm-AWOS station K1IM India measured a severe gust.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindUlm-Ambient Weather Sensor measured gust.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindUlm-Measured via Ambient Weather. Air temperature dropped from 90 degrees to 72 with passage of storm.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindUlm-Measured via site KMTUlm7.
June 2022Heavy RainUlm-Overnight total.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindUlm-Ambient weather station measured 63 mph wind gust.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindUlm-K1IM measured a 52 kt (60 mph) thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindUlm-Ambient weather station measured 58 mph wind gust.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindUlm-An Ambient weather station measured 66 mph wind gust.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindUlm-Trained spotter reported a 63 mph gust near Ulm.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindUlm-India AWOS reports wind gust of 61 mph.
May 2020Heavy RainUlm-A trained spotter reported 1.8 inches of rain from Monday 5/18 to Thursday 5/21.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindUlm-India Awos station k1im.
June 2020Heavy RainUlm-Steady rain.
June 2020Heavy RainUlm-Since 5 PM on 6/28 through 10 PM pm 6/29, 2.88 inches fell. 0.44 inches fell between 4 PM and 9PM, today.
June 2020Heavy RainUlm-Three-day rainfall report. Weather underground report.
June 2020Heavy RainUlm-Storm total as of Tuesday evening. Report via facebook.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindUlm-Power was knocked out as thunderstorms approached from the west.
August 2019HailUlm-A COOP observer reported quarter sized (1 inch in diameter) hail.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindUlm-An AWOS station at India (K1IM) measured a 60 mph (52 kts) thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindUlm-Trained spotter reported 59 mph peak gust from thunderstorm 8-miles SSE of Ulm.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindUlm-A 59 mph peak gust from a thunderstorm was reported 3-miles south of Sun Prairie.
May 2014HailUlm-Hail measuring 1.75 inches (golf ball sized) was reported about 9 mi S of Ulm, MT.
August 2014Heavy RainUlm-Heavy rain, measuring 2.69 inches in 18 hours, was reported.
August 2014Heavy RainUlm-Heavy rain, measuring 0.80 inches in 12 hours, was reported.
May 2014HailUlm-Hail 0.75 inches (penny sized) reported about 3 mi SSW of Ulm, MT.
May 2014Heavy RainUlm-Heavy rain of about 1.00 inch in 30 minutes reported with passing thunderstorm.
August 2014Heavy RainUlm-Heavy rain, measuring 1.88 inches in 12 hours, was reported.
September 2013HailUlm-Hail measuring 1.00 inches (quarter sized) was reported 5 mi SSE of Ulm, MT.
July 2013HailUlm-Hail measuring 1.00 inches (quarter sized) was reported 8 mi SE of Ulm, MT.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindUlm-Wind gust to 61KT (70MPH) were reported 5 miles N of Ulm.
May 2011FloodUlm-Flooding occurred on the Smith River 13 miles south of Ulm.
July 2007HailUlm-A severe thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Ulm 7S.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindUlm-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Ulm 12S.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindUlm-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust of 60 mph at Ulm 1S.
June 2020Heavy RainUlm-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindUlm-no account filed
June 2005HailUlm-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindUlm-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindUlm-no account filed
July 2000HailUlm-no account filed
August 1998HailUlm-no account filed
August 1997HailUlm-no account filed
June 1996HailUlm-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cascade 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
Garrison (historical)4.4 miles16
Truly6.2 miles12
Fair Haven Colony6.7 miles16
Riverdale7.4 miles15
Sun Prairie7.5 miles15
Manchester8.0 miles15
Castner Falls8.6 miles12
Flood (historical)8.8 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 UlmAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q964370The 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 777904. 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.