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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.

Winston within Broadwater County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Winston 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.

YearPeople Change
2010147
2020169+22 (+15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

29 since 1992

Regional 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 maintenance13
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestPOLE CREEK
12 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestMRL 215
20 August 1992Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
14 August 2020Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestKIMBER
12 August 2007Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestWEASEL CREEK
31 July 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestRAILROAD
31 July 1994Natural4.0 acresHelena - Lewis and Clark National Forestnot named
30 July 2019Natural4.0 acresHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestLF BAUM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broadwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 69 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Beaver CreekMolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite
Beaver CreekTitanium, UraniumUnknown
ChartamZinc, Lead, Copper, Gold, SilverPlantPolymetallic veins
Custer MineGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, MolybdenumPast Producer1885
HyanthaGold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Hyantha MineGold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1885
January MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, CopperPast Producer1867
January MineSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1906
January MineZinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Pearl & Pearl No.2 ClaimsLead, Copper, ZincUnknown

Every working recorded in Broadwater County

Storms near this place

15 since 2001

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2019HailWinston-Public reported hail sized 1.75 inches near Winston.
July 2019HailWinston-Trained spotter reported 1.5 inch hail near Winston. Pictures and video were provided.
August 2016HailWinston-A thunderstorm dropped 1.5 inch diameter hail at Winston 4NNW.
June 2013Flash FloodWinston-Flash flooding was reported in Winston, MT as a result of strong thunderstorms in the area.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindWinston-Strong winds measuring 74KT (85MPH) were reported 6 miles SE of Winston, MT. Trees reportedly stripped of all leaves due to wind.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindWinston-High winds measuring 59KT (68MPH) were reported 6 miles SE of Winston at the Canyon Ferry Silos.
June 2013HailWinston-Severe hail estimated at 1.00 inches (approximately quarter sized) was reported at Goose Bay Marina 8 miles ENE of Winston, MT.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWinston-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 61 mph at Winston 5SW (the Elkhorn RAWS site).
June 2011FloodWinston-Emergency declaration made for Broadwater county on 6/8/11. Some homes inaccessible and area roads closed. York Island Park also flooded.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWinston-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 72 mph at Winston 1NW.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindWinston-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 68 mph at Winston 1W.
August 2002HailWinston-A severe thunderstorm produced 0.75 inch hail in Winston.
July 2001HailWinston-Actual event location Winston 20 NE.
August 2006HailWinston-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindWinston-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Broadwater County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Canton (historical)9.3 miles16
Noble9.6 miles15
McMullan9.6 miles17
Bedford9.7 miles17
Barker9.8 miles15
Hassel11.8 miles17
Townsend13.1 miles17
Diamond City15.0 miles15

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 WinstonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q957615The 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.