Willow Creek, Montana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Three Forks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59760. It stands on Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Willow Creek quadrangle. 230 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,160 feet above sea level.
On record in Willow Creek
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 1 record
- Stateler Memorial Methodist Churchlisted 2008
Population over time
3 figuresWillow Creek grew from 209 to 230 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 209 | |
| 2010 | 210 | +1 (+0%) |
| 2020 | 230 | +20 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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.
- 1888 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1895 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Willow Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS Willow Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Willow Creek between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,389 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Roosevelt County | 201065 |
| 29 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | WILLOW CREEK |
| 17 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Gallatin County | MERIDIAN |
| 17 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Gallatin County | MADISON |
| 17 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Broadwater County | I-15 MILE MARKER 41 |
| 11 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 11 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 27 July 2000 | Natural | 1,380 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Willow Creek: 4 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, Ultra Pure, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B & N Portable Crusher | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ingleside Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Limestone | |
| Ingleside Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sappington Limestone Quarry | Limestone, Ultra Pure | Past Producer | Limestone | |
| Three Forks Mill | Talc-Soapstone | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mica | Mica | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Forks | 6.7 miles | 20 | |
| Sappington | 6.8 miles | 20 | |
| Jefferson (historical) | 7.5 miles | 20 | |
| Lower Madison (historical) | 8.9 miles | 20 | |
| Gallatin (historical) | 10.5 miles | 21 | |
| Carpenter | 10.6 miles | 21 | |
| Logan | 12.2 miles | 21 | |
| Trident | 12.3 miles | 21 |
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 Willow Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q968523 | 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 778532. 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.











