Zortman, Montana

Zortman is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Phillips County, Montana, United States.

About 2,000 men came to Zortman in 1884, when Pike Landusky and Dutch Louie discovered gold.

A forest fire in 1936 reached the edges of Zortman, killing four people and burning 23,000 acres.

[7] In July 2017, a wildfire in the Zortman area threatened the small town, and burned over 10,000 acres of forest in the Little Rocky Mountains.

[15] According to the Bureau of Land Management, Water treatment plants for Zortman and Landusky are operated on behalf of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality in order to preserve the water quality of the Milk and Missouri Rivers, and of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation.

Phillips County map