West Yellowstone, Montana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the West Yellowstone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59758. The Survey maps it on the West Yellowstone quadrangle. 1,272 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,667 feet above sea level.
On record in West Yellowstone
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 6 records
Eagle's Storelisted 1986
Kennedy Buildinglisted 1983
Lonesomehurst Cabinlisted 2011
Madison Hotel and Cafelisted 1983
Union Pacific Dining Lodgelisted 1983- Watkins Creek Ranchlisted 2006
Population over time
2 figuresWest Yellowstone grew from 1,271 to 1,272 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 | 1,271 | |
| 2020 | 1,272 | +1 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1955 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS West Yellowstone quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS West Yellowstone quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Hebgen Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2000 USGS West Yellowstone quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
93 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of West Yellowstone between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,184 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | LITTLE |
| 6 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | BAKERS HOLE |
| 4 September 1998 | Other causes | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | STATION |
| 25 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | LAST |
| 22 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | SEWAGE ROAD |
| 2 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | BIRD DOG |
| 13 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | DUNRAVEN 2 |
| 11 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | CHURCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of West Yellowstone: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakers Hole Well | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Yellowstone in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2019: 2 wildfire, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 dust devil. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2003 | Dust Devil | West Yellowstone | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Yellowstone | - | The public reported about two dozen large trees downed by thunderstorm winds at the KOA near West Yellowstone. Some tents and awnings were destroyed. Wind speed and time were estimated. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Yellowstone | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Wildfire | West Yellowstone | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Wildfire | West Yellowstone | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Railroad Summer Home Area | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Corette | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Lakeshore Summer Home Area | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Lonesome Hurst Summer Home Area | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Romsett Summer Home Area | 9.2 miles | 14 | |
| Grayling | 11.0 miles | 12 | |
| Lakeview | 12.2 miles | 12 |
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 West Yellowstone | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q956110 | 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 793137. 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.






