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Whitewater, Montana

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Whitewater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59544. It stands on East Fork Whitewater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whitewater West quadrangle. 75 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,323 feet above sea level.

Whitewater within Phillips County

Population over time

2 figures

Whitewater grew from 64 to 75 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
201064
202075+11 (+17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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.

Storms near this place

47 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitewater in 47 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 28 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2006HailWhitewater$1,000The hail was accompanied by 30 to 35 mph wind and it caused damage to the siding on a house.
May 2024Tornado (EFU)Whitewater-The public sent a video of a short lived landspout tornado. Path dimensions and times are estimated.
June 2023HailWhitewater-A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of quarters.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindWhitewater-A trained spotter estimated winds between 60mph and 70 mph.
July 2021HailWhitewater-Trained spotter reported hail up to the size of quarters.
February 2017FloodWhitewater-The Whitewater - Frenchman Creek stream gauge (FREM8) rose above its flood stage of 12 feet on February 20th at 4:26 PM, crested at 12.93 feet at 4:42 PM on February 21st, then fell back down below flood stage at 10:50 PM on February 22nd.
March 2017FloodWhitewater-The water level at the Frenchman Creek river gauge (FREM8) rose above its flood stage of 12 feet around 7:30 PM local time on the 17th, quickly rose to a crest of 15.52 feet at 10:11 AM local time on 18th, then eventually dropped and remained back down below flood stage at 12:11 AM local time on the 21st.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWhitewater-Trained spotter estimated 60 mph wind gusts.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWhitewater-Trained spotter reported 60 mph winds and downed tree limbs.
July 2016HailWhitewater-Trained spotter reported hail up to the size of nickels.
July 2014HailWhitewater-Trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWhitewater-Trained spotter reported 60 mph wind gusts.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindWhitewater-Trained spotter estimated a 60 mph wind gust.
June 2012HailWhitewater-A trained spotter reported nickel sized hail about 13 miles northeast of Whitewater in northeastern Phillips County.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindWhitewater-A trained weather spotter reported wind gusts of 60 mph, experienced with driving a vehicle about 8 miles north of Whitewater in northern Phillips County.
June 2012HailWhitewater-Hail about the size of half dollars was reported by the public 13 miles north-northeast of Whitewater in Phillips County.
June 2012HailWhitewater-A trained spotter reported nickel-sized hail stones about 14 miles northeast of Whitewater in northeastern Phillips County.
April 2011FloodWhitewater-On April 21st, the Beaver and Frenchmen Creeks continue to flood. On April 24th, the Beaver Creek levels have dropped and back within it's banks. The Frenchmen Creek is back within it's banks along the International Border.
July 2010HailWhitewater-Spotter reported nickel size hail.
July 2010HailWhitewater-Hail up to one inch in size was reported. The hail was a foot deep in some areas.
July 2010Heavy RainWhitewater-Rainfall of 1.62 inches along with .25 hail fell with the thunderstorm.
July 2010HailWhitewater-At 1655 MST 5 miles north of Whitewater, a spotter reported one inch hail.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindWhitewater-Spotter reported heavy rain and wind gusts to near 60 mph.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindWhitewater-The wind was accompanied by dime sized hail which fell for a few minutes.
July 2010HailWhitewater-no account filed
July 2009HailWhitewater-no account filed
July 2008HailWhitewater-no account filed
July 2008HailWhitewater-no account filed
August 2007HailWhitewater-no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindWhitewater-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindWhitewater-no account filed
June 2006HailWhitewater-no account filed
June 2006HailWhitewater-no account filed
June 2006HailWhitewater-no account filed
June 2006HailWhitewater-no account filed
June 2006HailWhitewater-no account filed
June 2005HailWhitewater-no account filed
June 2005HailWhitewater-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindWhitewater-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindWhitewater-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindWhitewater-no account filed
July 2000HailWhitewater-no account filed
July 2000HailWhitewater-no account filed
July 2000HailWhitewater-no account filed
August 2000HailWhitewater-no account filed
July 1998HailWhitewater-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindWhitewater-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Phillips 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
Ynot (historical)5.9 miles7
Tattnall10.2 miles7
Loring12.6 miles7
Lowrane (historical)16.1 miles7
Cree Crossing16.2 miles7
Cole17.3 miles8
Greve (historical)18.2 miles6
Loring Colony18.4 miles7

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 WhitewaterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6167248The 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 778429. 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.

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.