Yaak, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Troy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59935. It stands on South Fork Yaak River. The Survey maps it on the Yaak quadrangle. 338 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,986 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresYaak grew from 248 to 338 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 | 248 | |
| 2020 | 338 | +90 (+36%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1957 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Yaak quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Yaak River quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Yaak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
91 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Yaak between 1992 and 2020, burning about 434 acres in total. 63 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 | 63 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | FIX-IT |
| 25 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | SOUTH FORK |
| 2 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | not named |
| 15 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | GRIZZLY TRAIL |
| 13 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | GUS |
| 12 September 2014 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Kootenai National Forest | DUTCH |
| 11 September 2001 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kootenai National Forest | YODKIN |
| 1 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | SLIM PETE |
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 Yaak: 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Asbestos, Asbestos, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esther May Mine | Asbestos, Uranium | Occurrence | Anthophyllite, Tremolite | |
| Esther May Asbestos | Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| Larue-Cripe | Asbestos | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yaak in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2013: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Flood | Yaak | - | A forest service employee reported minor flooding on the Yaak River at the Whitetail campground. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yaak | - | A severe thunderstorm blew down 30-40 pine trees over an 2-3 acre area near Yaak. The largest trees had a diameter of 18 inches. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yaak | - | Wind blew many trees down causing power outages in Yaak. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvanite | 11.9 miles | 8 | |
| Dodge Summit | 19.5 miles | 9 | |
| Stonehill (historical) | 22.5 miles | 9 | |
| Yakt | 24.2 miles | 9 | |
| Kootenai Falls | 26.9 miles | 14 | |
| Troy | 27.3 miles | 14 | |
| Ural (historical) | 28.6 miles | 9 | |
| Riverside (historical) | 28.8 miles | 11 |
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 Yaak | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4165217 | 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 778715. 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.





