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.
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
Modern Hotellisted 2011- Whitetail Airway Beaconlisted 2020
Population over time
2 figuresWhitehall 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,038 | |
| 2020 | 1,006 | -32 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Butte South quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1998Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Jefferson County | HWY 55 |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Jefferson County | DOWNEY |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Butte Field Office | GNARLY SNAG |
| 14 September 2000 | Natural | 12 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | FOREST |
| 23 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
| 6 July 2007 | Natural | 1.7 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | GOLDEN SUNLIGHT |
| 6 July 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | GOLD NUGGET |
| 28 July 1998 | Natural | 30 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | TEMPLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 48 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbonate Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | 1909 | |
| Columbia Claim | Gold, Silver, Copper, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Examiner Mine | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Manganese, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Gem Mine | Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | 1947 | |
| Inspiration Claim | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Leah Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Limerock Claim | Gold, Silver, Manganese | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Lucky Hit | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Mary Lucille Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | 1937 | |
| Minerva Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | 1926 |
Storms near this place
14 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $50,000 | Roof of home damaged by wind. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Whitehall | - | A trained spotter reports sized 1.5 inches in diameter about 5 miles NNW of Whitehall. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Whitehall | - | A trained spotter reports hail size of 1.5 inches in diameter. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Whitehall | - | Trained spotter reported 1.5 inch hail in Whitehall. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Whitehall | - | Spotter reported quarter-size hail in Whitehall. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Whitehall | - | Spotter reported quarter to half dollar-size hail. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | - | 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 2014 | Flash Flood | Whitehall | - | Flash flooding from thunderstorms was reported where Interstate 90 crosses Highway 69. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Whitehall | - | Hail of 0.88 inches (nickel sized) was reported. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | - | Strong winds estimated 50KT (58MPH) causing vehicle rollover on Interstate 90, mobile home damage, and numerous reports of roof and power line damage. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Whitehall | - | Quarter sized hail, measuring 1.00 inches, was reported 2 miles W of Whitehall. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Whitehall | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Whitehall 12W. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Whitehall | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped .88 inch diameter hail at Whitehall 12W. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Whitehall | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piedmont | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Renova | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sunlight | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Tippet Place | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Pipestone Hot Springs | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Pipestone | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Cardwell | 7.7 miles | 21 | |
| Vendome | 8.5 miles | 15 |
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 Whitehall | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q962893 | 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 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.








