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.
Population over time
2 figuresWhitewater 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 64 | |
| 2020 | 75 | +11 (+17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1920 USGS Cowan quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Whitewater West quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
47 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2006 | Hail | Whitewater | $1,000 | The hail was accompanied by 30 to 35 mph wind and it caused damage to the siding on a house. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Whitewater | - | The public sent a video of a short lived landspout tornado. Path dimensions and times are estimated. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Whitewater | - | A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of quarters. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitewater | - | A trained spotter estimated winds between 60mph and 70 mph. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Whitewater | - | Trained spotter reported hail up to the size of quarters. |
| February 2017 | Flood | Whitewater | - | 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 2017 | Flood | Whitewater | - | 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitewater | - | Trained spotter estimated 60 mph wind gusts. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitewater | - | Trained spotter reported 60 mph winds and downed tree limbs. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Whitewater | - | Trained spotter reported hail up to the size of nickels. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Whitewater | - | Trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitewater | - | Trained spotter reported 60 mph wind gusts. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitewater | - | Trained spotter estimated a 60 mph wind gust. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Whitewater | - | A trained spotter reported nickel sized hail about 13 miles northeast of Whitewater in northeastern Phillips County. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitewater | - | 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 2012 | Hail | Whitewater | - | Hail about the size of half dollars was reported by the public 13 miles north-northeast of Whitewater in Phillips County. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Whitewater | - | A trained spotter reported nickel-sized hail stones about 14 miles northeast of Whitewater in northeastern Phillips County. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Whitewater | - | 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 2010 | Hail | Whitewater | - | Spotter reported nickel size hail. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Whitewater | - | Hail up to one inch in size was reported. The hail was a foot deep in some areas. |
| July 2010 | Heavy Rain | Whitewater | - | Rainfall of 1.62 inches along with .25 hail fell with the thunderstorm. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Whitewater | - | At 1655 MST 5 miles north of Whitewater, a spotter reported one inch hail. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitewater | - | Spotter reported heavy rain and wind gusts to near 60 mph. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitewater | - | The wind was accompanied by dime sized hail which fell for a few minutes. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Whitewater | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Whitewater | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Whitewater | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Whitewater | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Whitewater | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitewater | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitewater | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Whitewater | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Whitewater | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Whitewater | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Whitewater | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Whitewater | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Whitewater | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Whitewater | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitewater | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitewater | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitewater | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Whitewater | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Whitewater | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Whitewater | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Whitewater | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Whitewater | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitewater | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ynot (historical) | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Tattnall | 10.2 miles | 7 | |
| Loring | 12.6 miles | 7 | |
| Lowrane (historical) | 16.1 miles | 7 | |
| Cree Crossing | 16.2 miles | 7 | |
| Cole | 17.3 miles | 8 | |
| Greve (historical) | 18.2 miles | 6 | |
| Loring Colony | 18.4 miles | 7 |
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 Whitewater | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6167248 | 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 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.




