Wise River, Montana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Big Hole Basin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59762. It stands on Wise River. The Survey maps it on the Wise River quadrangle. 42 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,653 feet above sea level.
On record in Wise River
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 2 records
- Elkhorn-Coolidge Historic Districtlisted 2008
- Wise River Ranger Stationlisted 2023
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1893 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Wise River quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Butte South quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Wise River between 1994 and 2019, burning about 764 acres in total. 9 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 | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | ADSON |
| 9 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | CLINE FIRE |
| 28 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Butte Field Office | TITAN |
| 25 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
| 24 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Butte Field Office | JIMMIE NEW |
| 21 August 2012 | Natural | 375 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BYWAY |
| 9 July 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | JERRY CREEK FIRE |
| 31 July 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 343 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | ADSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Wise River: 10 past producers, 5 occurrences, 4 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Silver, Copper, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Churchill Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold | Occurrence | Gold, Lead, Silver | |
| Churchill Mine | Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Fraser Placer | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold | Prospect | 1950 | |
| Fraser Placer | Silver, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum | Prospect | ||
| Harrison | Gold, Bismuth, Silver, Tellurium | Occurrence | ||
| Keystone Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Lime Kiln Gulch Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Lime Kiln Gulch Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Madison Mine | Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| Quartz Hill Syncline | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Uranium, REE, Nickel, Chromium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wise River in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wise River | - | RAWS station WRSM8 Wise River measured a 58 mph gust. Time estimated given RAWS only report once per hour. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wise River | - | Measured via WRSM8 near Wise River. |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Wise River | - | Mesonet station Wise River raws wrsm8. |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Wise River | - | Mesonet station Beaverhead Deerlodge no. 1, tr267. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wise River | - | A 59 mph (51 kt) thunderstorm wind gust was reported at the Beaverhead Deerlodge mesonet station. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Wise River | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped 2.75 inch diameter hail at Wise River 3S. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Wise River | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Wise River. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Wise River | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped .88 inch diameter hail at Wise River. |
| August 2001 | Hail | Wise River | - | Actual spotter location Wise River 3 W...0.23 inches of rain also fell in less than 5 minutes. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wise River | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged a barn roof and some windows at Wise River. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Wise River | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Wise River | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson Corner | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Dewey | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Lion City (historical) | 12.7 miles | 18 | |
| Glendale | 13.9 miles | 16 | |
| Coolidge (historical) | 21.3 miles | 13 | |
| Elkhorn | 21.3 miles | 13 | |
| Elkhorn Hot Springs | 24.7 miles | 13 | |
| Navy | 25.1 miles | 17 |
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 Wise River | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8027464 | 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 793434. 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.







