Orton

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Orton is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26. It is located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of Highway 3, approximately 31 kilometres (19 mi) west of Lethbridge.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Alberta

• Fort Macleod
  6.2 mi away
• Monarch
  8.6 mi away
• Jumbo Valley Hutterite Colony
  8.7 mi away
• Greenwood Hutterite Colony
  10.1 mi away
• White Lake Hutterite Colony
  13 mi away
• Kipp
  13.9 mi away
• Granum
  14.6 mi away · pop. 557
• Coalhurst
  15.2 mi away
• Granum Hutterite Colony
  17.1 mi away
• Standoff Hutterite Colony
  17.3 mi away
• Shaughnessy
  20.7 mi away · pop. 388
• Keho Lake Hutterite Colony
  20.9 mi away

Browse all places in Alberta →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Skillet, Lincoln, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-07-29 · 112 mi
• Wildfire Deer Creek, Lincoln, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-08-20 · 136 mi
• Wildfire Camp Creek, Powell, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-08-21 · 159 mi
• Wildfire Parker Lake, Boundary, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 163 mi
• Wildfire Silver, Boundary, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 171 mi
• Wildfire Middle Coulee, Chouteau, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-08-02 · 173 mi
• Wildfire Dudley, Shoshone, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-26 · 194 mi
• Wildfire Moose Mountain, Clearwater, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-07-30 · 223 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).