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Whitehall, Montana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Whitehall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59759. It stands on Big Pipestone Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whitehall quadrangle. 1,006 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,360 feet above sea level.

Whitehall within Jefferson County

On record in Whitehall

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

Whitehall fell from 1,038 to 1,006 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
20101,038
20201,006-32 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

14 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Whitehall between 1998 and 2020, burning about 185 acres in total. 7 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
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresJefferson CountyHWY 55
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJefferson CountyDOWNEY
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreButte Field OfficeGNARLY SNAG
14 September 2000Natural12 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestFOREST
23 August 1998Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
6 July 2007Natural1.7 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestGOLDEN SUNLIGHT
6 July 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestGOLD NUGGET
28 July 1998Natural30 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestTEMPLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 48 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Whitehall: 35 past producers, 8 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Gold, Manganese, 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
Carbonate MineGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1909
Columbia ClaimGold, Silver, Copper, Barium-BaritePast ProducerVein
Examiner MineLead, Zinc, Copper, Manganese, Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Gem MineCopper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, GoldPast Producer1947
Inspiration ClaimCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Leah MineSilver, Gold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerVein
Limerock ClaimGold, Silver, ManganeseOccurrenceVein
Lucky HitGold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
Mary Lucille MineCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadPast Producer1937
Minerva MineSilver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, GoldPast Producer1926

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitehall in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2019: 10 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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
August 1994Thunderstorm WindWhitehall$50,000Roof of home damaged by wind.
August 2019HailWhitehall-A trained spotter reports sized 1.5 inches in diameter about 5 miles NNW of Whitehall.
August 2019HailWhitehall-A trained spotter reports hail size of 1.5 inches in diameter.
July 2019HailWhitehall-Trained spotter reported 1.5 inch hail in Whitehall.
July 2018HailWhitehall-Spotter reported quarter-size hail in Whitehall.
June 2017HailWhitehall-Spotter reported quarter to half dollar-size hail.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindWhitehall-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 58 mph at Whitehall 7W (the Homestake Pass DOT site). Also, 1 inch diameter hail was reported at Boulder 8S.
July 2014Flash FloodWhitehall-Flash flooding from thunderstorms was reported where Interstate 90 crosses Highway 69.
June 2014HailWhitehall-Hail of 0.88 inches (nickel sized) was reported.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindWhitehall-Strong winds estimated 50KT (58MPH) causing vehicle rollover on Interstate 90, mobile home damage, and numerous reports of roof and power line damage.
July 2012HailWhitehall-Quarter sized hail, measuring 1.00 inches, was reported 2 miles W of Whitehall.
May 2007HailWhitehall-A severe thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Whitehall 12W.
August 2007HailWhitehall-A severe thunderstorm dropped .88 inch diameter hail at Whitehall 12W.
August 2004HailWhitehall-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Piedmont3.1 miles15
Renova4.1 miles15
Sunlight4.7 miles16
Tippet Place5.9 miles15
Pipestone Hot Springs7.2 miles15
Pipestone7.3 miles15
Cardwell7.7 miles21
Vendome8.5 miles15

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 WhitehallAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q962893The 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 793224. 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.