Wye, Montana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Frenchtown-Wye census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59808. The Survey maps it on the Northwest Missoula quadrangle. 714 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,327 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWye grew from 511 to 714 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 | 511 | |
| 2020 | 714 | +203 (+40%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1912 USGS Missoula quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Northwest Missoula quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Missoula West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Northwest Missoula quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
199 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of Wye between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,066 acres in total. 23 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 114 |
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missoula County | 200143 |
| 9 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | EVARO #2 |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missoula County | 200142 |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missoula County | not named |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missoula County | 200140 |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | DODD RANCH ROAD |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missoula County | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missoula County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Wye: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grass Valley | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| De Smet | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Nagos | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Ardrum (historical) | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Primrose | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Schilling | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Westview Park | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Hell Gate (historical) | 5.1 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 Wye | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q960536 | 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 1853193. 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.







