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Aldridge, Montana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Gardiner-Cooke City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59030. It stands on Hoppe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Electric Peak quadrangle.

Aldridge within Park County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

31 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Aldridge between 1994 and 2020, burning about 883 acres in total. 18 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural18
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2018Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestMULHERIN
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePark CountyGARDINER
18 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestBIG ROCK
17 September 2013Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestBASSETTT HOUND
10 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestLITTLE TRAIL CREEK
8 August 2003Natural1.5 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestCINNABAR
5 August 2007Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestLITTLE TRAIL CREEK
4 August 2001Natural5.0 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestCUTLER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Aldridge: 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Gold, Geothermal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Corwin Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Hy Grade PlacerGoldOccurrence1934
Corwin SpringsUraniumOccurrence
Corwin Springs Uranium OccurrenceUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Park County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Electric2.2 miles21
Corwin Springs2.5 miles21
Sphinx6.5 miles21
Gardiner7.2 miles23
Miner9.0 miles21
Carbella9.4 miles21
Jardine10.0 miles23
Dailey (historical)14.1 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 778935. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.