Wolf Creek, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Wolf Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59648. It stands on Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wolf Creek quadrangle. 25 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,563 feet above sea level.
On record in Wolf Creek
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 5 records
Missouri River Bridgelisted 2010
Stearns Halllisted 1995
Wolf Creek Hotellisted 1997- C. B. Power Bungalowlisted 1995
- Sheep Creek Bridgelisted 2011
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1943 USGS Hogan quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Wolf Creek quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Dearborn River quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
111 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Wolf Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,241 acres in total. 68 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 | 68 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | MM227 I-15 |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 19 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9.4 acres | Central Land Office | MM 228 |
| 18 September 1998 | Natural | 35 acres | Central Land Office | WEST SHEEP |
| 18 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | not named |
| 17 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central Land Office | MM 230 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Wolf Creek: 8 past producers, 7 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 3 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Barium-Barite, Silver, Arsenic. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bissonette Mine | Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, Arsenic | Past Producer | Barite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tennantite | |
| Bissonette Mine | Silver, Barium-Barite, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Copper-Bearing Sandstone - Unnamed | Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Honeycomb | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Hudson Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Prospected Mafic Dike-Name Unknown | Manganese, Strontium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Prospected Quartz Vein-Name Unknown | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Rosetta Mine | Copper, Barium-Barite, Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Wolf Creek Coal Mine | Subbituminous, Bentonite | Past Producer | Bentonite | |
| Wolf Creek District | Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Arsenic, Antimony | Producer | 1890 |
Storms near this place
20 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wolf Creek in 20 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 wildfire, 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolf Creek | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Wolf Creek | - | Estimates an additional 0.5 inches fell since 9 AM. |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Wolf Creek | - | Three-day rainfall report. Weather underground report. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolf Creek | - | Estimated winds of at least 60 mph. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Wolf Creek | - | Hail estimated at 1.00 inches was visible on the Sieben Flats webcam 8 mi SW of Wolf Creek, MT. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolf Creek | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Wolf Creek 3NNE. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolf Creek | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Wolf Creek 10NW. |
| May 2008 | Flood | Wolf Creek | - | Water over several area roadways near creeks...including Wolf Creek area and Elk Creek area near Augusta. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolf Creek | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 59 mph at Wolf Creek 8N (the Gary Cooper Bridge DOT site). |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolf Creek | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Wolf Creek 9S (Sieben Flats DOT site). |
| May 2001 | Hail | Wolf Creek | - | Wolf Creek 3 NE spotter. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Wolf Creek | - | Actual event location Wolf Creek 8 NW. |
| September 2000 | Wildfire | Wolf Creek | - | Wolf Creek fire, 389 acres burned, vehicle caused, continued from August. |
| August 2000 | Wildfire | Wolf Creek | - | Wolf Creek fire, 389 acres burned, vehicle caused, continued past August 31. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolf Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Wolf Creek | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Wolf Creek | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Wolf Creek | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Wolf Creek | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Wolf Creek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dennison (historical) | 7.3 miles | 18 | |
| Craig | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Sieben | 8.0 miles | 20 | |
| Dearborn (historical) | 13.3 miles | 11 | |
| Strom | 15.1 miles | 20 | |
| Mike Horse (historical) | 15.5 miles | 11 | |
| Old Weiss and French Place | 15.7 miles | 16 | |
| Wilborn | 16.8 miles | 20 |
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 Wolf Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8029813 | 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 801711. 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.







