Winston, Montana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Townsend West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59647. The Survey maps it on the Winston quadrangle. 169 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,360 feet above sea level.
On record in Winston
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
- Spokane Hill Airway Beaconlisted 2021
Population over time
2 figuresWinston grew from 147 to 169 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 | 147 | |
| 2020 | 169 | +22 (+15%) |
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.
- 1886 USGS Fort Logan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Townsend quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Winston quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Winston quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Winston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 99 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | POLE CREEK |
| 12 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | MRL 215 |
| 20 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
| 14 August 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | KIMBER |
| 12 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | WEASEL CREEK |
| 31 July 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | RAILROAD |
| 31 July 1994 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | not named |
| 30 July 2019 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | LF BAUM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 69 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 69 workings within 5 miles of Winston: 25 past producers, 21 occurrences, 13 unknowns, 7 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Creek | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Beaver Creek | Titanium, Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Chartam | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver | Plant | Polymetallic veins | |
| Custer Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1885 | |
| Hyantha | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Hyantha Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | 1885 | |
| January Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | 1867 | |
| January Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | 1906 | |
| January Mine | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Pearl & Pearl No.2 Claims | Lead, Copper, Zinc | Unknown |
Storms near this place
15 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winston in 15 storm reports between 2001 and 2019: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash 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 2019 | Hail | Winston | - | Public reported hail sized 1.75 inches near Winston. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Winston | - | Trained spotter reported 1.5 inch hail near Winston. Pictures and video were provided. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Winston | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1.5 inch diameter hail at Winston 4NNW. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Winston | - | Flash flooding was reported in Winston, MT as a result of strong thunderstorms in the area. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winston | - | Strong winds measuring 74KT (85MPH) were reported 6 miles SE of Winston, MT. Trees reportedly stripped of all leaves due to wind. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winston | - | High winds measuring 59KT (68MPH) were reported 6 miles SE of Winston at the Canyon Ferry Silos. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Winston | - | Severe hail estimated at 1.00 inches (approximately quarter sized) was reported at Goose Bay Marina 8 miles ENE of Winston, MT. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winston | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 61 mph at Winston 5SW (the Elkhorn RAWS site). |
| June 2011 | Flood | Winston | - | Emergency declaration made for Broadwater county on 6/8/11. Some homes inaccessible and area roads closed. York Island Park also flooded. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winston | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 72 mph at Winston 1NW. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winston | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 68 mph at Winston 1W. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Winston | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 0.75 inch hail in Winston. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Winston | - | Actual event location Winston 20 NE. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Winston | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winston | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canton (historical) | 9.3 miles | 16 | |
| Noble | 9.6 miles | 15 | |
| McMullan | 9.6 miles | 17 | |
| Bedford | 9.7 miles | 17 | |
| Barker | 9.8 miles | 15 | |
| Hassel | 11.8 miles | 17 | |
| Townsend | 13.1 miles | 17 | |
| Diamond City | 15.0 miles | 15 |
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 Winston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q957615 | 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 793424. 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.








