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Sapphire RidgeMT

A town of 11.

Population
11
residents
Median age
66.8
years
Land area
1 sq mi
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11 people, and everyone knows the way

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Climate

Snowy winters, pleasant summers

Sapphire Ridge has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 79°, a January night drops to 12°, and about 45 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

45″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter13–36°
Spring26–52°
Summer43–76°
Fall28–56°
Sep 4
typical first frost
Jun 15
typical last frost
+1.6°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Natural hazards

Low risk, with inland flooding at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 39% of U.S. communities.

39risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
39Low riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingCold waves
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Health

How healthy Sapphire Ridge is

Sapphire Ridge beats the Montana average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10.

32 measures vs. Montana
3 better19 too close to call10 worse
What stands outSapphire RidgeMT
Fewer binge drinkers16.1%20.3%
More adults treating high blood pressure79.1%73.4%
More adults with COPD9.8%7%
Wheatland Memorial Hospital
36.7 mi away · emergency room
2 of 3
care shortages: primary care, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Outdoors

0% of Sapphire Ridge is conserved land

1.3 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves.

0%conserved
0%
conserved · 0 of 345 acres
1.3 mi
of trails · 2.6 per sq mi
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-USParks & trails →

About Sapphire Ridge

Census-designated place in Montana, United States

Sapphire Ridge is a census-designated place (CDP) in Judith Basin County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Sapphire Ridge had a population of 26. The community is more commonly known as Sapphire Village. It is in the southern part of the county, on the west side of the valley of the Judith River, a northeast-flowing tributary of the Missouri River. Pigeye Road is the main route out of the community, leading northeast 10 miles (16 km) down the Judith River valley to Utica. To the southwest the road leads into the Little Belt Mountains and Lewis and Clark National Forest. Sapphire Ridge was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

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Population
26
Area
0.5 sq mi
Elevation
4,892 ft

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