Winifred, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Winifred census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59489. It lies near Sig Larson Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Winifred East quadrangle. 172 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,235 feet above sea level.
On record in Winifred
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
Stafford's Grocerylisted 2016
Population over time
2 figuresWinifred fell from 208 to 172 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 | 208 | |
| 2020 | 172 | -36 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 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.
- 1954 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Winifred East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Winifred between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,214 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2018 | Other causes | 1,095 acres | North Central Montana District | ROSE CREEK |
| 18 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | North Central Montana District | SHRIMP |
| 28 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 26 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 22 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 14 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fergus County | FDH-MTLG08-118 |
| 13 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 10 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
33 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winifred in 33 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 19 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2000 | Hail | Winifred | $2,000 | Damage to house and vehicle. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winifred | - | Montana mesonet station Woodhawk (acewinif) measured a 60 mph gust. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Winifred | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Winifred 12W. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winifred | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Winifred 3NE. Also, a thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Winifred 1SSE. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winifred | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Winifred 8SW. Also, a thunderstorm produced a gust to 58 mph at Winifred 1S. |
| March 2014 | Flood | Winifred | - | Ice jam formation along the Missouri River caused flooding at the James Kipp State Park recreation area. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Winifred | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Winifred 17NE. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Winifred | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Winifred 4NE. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Winifred | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Winifred 1SSE. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Winifred | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Winifred 5E. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Winifred | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Winifred 5WNW. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Winifred | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped 1.25 inch diameter hail at Winifred. The hail broke most windows of the west side of numerous houses and covered the ground to a depth of one and one-half inches. The storm also produced a wind gust to 71 mph. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Winifred | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped .88 inch diameter hail at Winifred. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Winifred | - | A tornado was spotted by campers along the Missouri River between Winifred and Highway 191. Minimal damage was reported to fences in the area. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Winifred | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 0.75 inch hail at Winifred 10NE. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winifred | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a 67 mph wind gust at Winifred. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Winifred | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 2.75 inch hail at Winifred 11NW. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Winifred | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 1.25 inch hail at Winifred 20NE. |
| August 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Winifred | - | A tornado was spotted over rural areas in Northwest Fergus County, about 10 miles southwest of Winifred. No damage was reported. |
| September 2002 | Hail | Winifred | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 1.00 inch hail at Winifred 3E. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winifred | - | Actual spotter location Winifred 1 S. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winifred | - | 1.25 inch hail and wind gust to 52kt. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Winifred | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winifred | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Winifred | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Winifred | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Winifred | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Funnel Cloud | Winifred | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winifred | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winifred | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winifred | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Winifred | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Winifred | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suffolk | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Rumble Creek (historical) | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Cone Butte (historical) | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Salt Creek (historical) | 9.2 miles | 8 | |
| Christina | 12.4 miles | 8 | |
| Woodhawk (historical) | 14.2 miles | 7 | |
| Moulton | 14.7 miles | 8 | |
| Judith (historical) | 18.0 miles | 8 |
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 Winifred | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q959105 | 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 778598. 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.
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.


