Seeley Lake, Montana
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Seeley Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Missoula County, Montana, United States. It is part of the Missoula metropolitan area. The town sits beside the Template:Convert Seeley Lake.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The population was 1,682 at the 2020 census.
History
[edit]The community of Seeley Lake is named for Jasper B. Seely, who built a cabin on what was in 1881 known as Clearwater Lake.<ref name="mhs">Template:Cite web</ref> Seely served as the first ranger on the Lewis and Clarke Forest Reserve. The first road to Seeley Lake came in 1895.
Geography
[edit]Seeley Lake is in northeastern Missoula County and is bordered to the north by Powell County. The southern half of Seeley Lake, the water body, is in the northwest part of the census-designated place. The Clearwater River forms the southwest edge of the community, flowing out of the lake and running south toward the Blackfoot River, part of the watershed of the Clark Fork River.
Montana Highway 83 passes through the community, leading south Template:Convert to Montana Highway 200 at Clearwater Junction and north Template:Convert to Bigfork. The city of Missoula is Template:Convert to the southwest via highways 83 and 200.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Seeley Lake CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert are land and Template:Convert, or 6.63%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023"/>
Climate
[edit]According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Seeley Lake has a warm-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Seeley Lake was Template:Convert on July 7, 2007, while the coldest temperature recorded was Template:Convert on January 7, 1937.<ref name = NOWData />
Aftermath of Rice Ridge Fire
[edit]In late summer 2017, Seeley Lake suffered an extended period of hazardous air quality as a result of the Rice Ridge Fire, prompting local officials to urge all residents to evacuate their homes.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Scooper aircraft were used to fetch water from Seeley Lake to fight the fire.<ref>Template:CitationTemplate:Cbignore</ref> A followup study will measure the health impacts of the smoke.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Demographics
[edit]Template:US Census population As of the census<ref name="GR2">Template:Cite web</ref> of 2010, there were 1,659 people, 589 households, and 411 families residing in the CDP. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 938 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.94% White, 0.07% African American, 1.46% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 0.49% from other races, and 0.84% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.46% of the population.
There were 589 households, out of which 29.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were married couples living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.1% were non-families. 24.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.89.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 25.3% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 29.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 113.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 112.1 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,101, and the median income for a family was $38,188. Males had a median income of $30,000 versus $18,269 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $18,825. About 7.0% of families and 10.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.4% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over.
Education
[edit]The community is in the Seeley Lake Elementary School District and the Missoula High School District.<ref name=MissoulaCoSDMap2020>Template:Cite web</ref>
Seeley-Swan High School provides education for 9th through 12th grade.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Their mascot is the Blackhawks.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The Missoula Public Library has a branch location in Seeley Lake.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Media
[edit]The Seeley-Swan Pathfinder is the newspaper for Seeley Lake.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It is published weekly.