Wilsall, Montana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Shields Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59086. It stands on Muddy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wilsall quadrangle. 197 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,059 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresWilsall fell from 237 to 197 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 | 237 | |
| 2010 | 178 | -59 (-25%) |
| 2020 | 197 | +19 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1891 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Wilsall quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Wilsall in 2019, burning under an acre in total. 1 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 | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Park County | not named |
| 20 November 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Park County | not named |
| 14 October 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Park County | HWY 89 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wilsall: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brieback Calcite Deposit | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Miller Calcite Deposit | Calcium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
16 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilsall in 16 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 9 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Hail | Wilsall | - | Report from coop residence. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Wilsall | - | Many roads were either washed out or had 10 foot ruts in them. A temporary bridge on Convict Grade Road was washed away. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilsall | - | Tree limbs were broken. |
| August 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Wilsall | - | A weak landspout was reported 3 miles northwest of Wilsall. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilsall | - | An estimated wind gust of 60 mph was reported 11 miles NNE of Clyde Park. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilsall | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph 1 mile north of Wilsall. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilsall | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph 8 miles east/northeast of Wilsall. This resulted in a wooden shed and a tree to be blown into a county road. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Wilsall | - | Hail covered the ground with 40 mph wind gusts. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Wilsall | - | Spotter report of dime size hail. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Wilsall | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Wilsall | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Wilsall | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Wilsall | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Wilsall | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Wilsall | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilsall | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meyersburg (historical) | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Shields | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Clyde Park | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Chadborn | 14.1 miles | 18 | |
| Grannis | 18.5 miles | 18 | |
| Bensons Landing (historical) | 22.1 miles | 21 | |
| Hoppers | 22.9 miles | 20 | |
| Branding Iron Addition | 23.5 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 Wilsall | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q966673 | 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 778561. 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.








