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A town of 1, settled in 1908.

Population
1
residents
Land area
0 sq mi
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1 people, and everyone knows the way

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Natural hazards

High risk, with inland flooding at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 70% of U.S. communities.

70risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
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Inland floodingCold wavesWildfire
1
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Climate

Four seasons, pleasant summers

Ismay has cold, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 88°, a January night drops to 7°, and about 34 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

34″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter9–32°
Spring31–57°
Summer54–84°
Fall32–59°
Sep 20
typical first frost
May 21
typical last frost
+1.0°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Health

How healthy Ismay is

Ismay beats the Montana average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.

32 measures vs. Montana
6 better25 too close to call1 worse
What stands outIsmayMT
Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth8.3%12.3%
Fewer adults facing food insecurity9.4%11.7%
More adults who have had cancer10.3%9.3%
Fallon Medical Complex Hospital
29.3 mi away · emergency room
2 of 3
care shortages: primary care, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Ismay Jail (2016) - Custer County, Montana
2016 · Ismay Jail (2016) - Custer County, Montana · Wikimedia Commons
Ismay’s story

118 years in pictures

2 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 1 places on the National Register.

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About Ismay

Town in Montana, United States

Ismay is a town in Custer County, Montana, United States. The population was 17 at the 2020 census. The town is the least-populous incorporated municipality in the state of Montana. The town's name is an amalgamation of Isabella and May, the names of the daughters of Albert J. Earling, division superintendent (later president) of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. Other communities with related names include Earling, Iowa; Marmarth, North Dakota; and Alberton, Montana. As a publicity stunt coordinated by Kansas City radio station KYYS in 1993, the town unofficially took the name of Joe, Montana, after the NFL quarterback Joe Montana. The town's history and contemporary state (circ…

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Established
1908
Population
17
Area
0.4 sq mi
Elevation
2,526 ft
ZIP code
59336
Area code
406

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