Apgar, Montana
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Glacier National Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59936. It stands on Apgar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake McDonald West quadrangle. It stands 3,166 feet above sea level.
On record in Apgar
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 4 records
Wheeler Camp (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation)listed 2008
Burton and Lulu Wheeler Cabinlisted 1998- Bull Head Lodge and Studiolisted 1984
- Thomas J. Walsh Lodgelisted 1998
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 24 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1904 USGS Chief Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1938 USGS Chief Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Lake Mc Donald West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Lake Mc Donald West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Apgar between 1992 and 2019, burning about 10 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Glacier National Park | INSIDE |
| 8 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | SNYDER |
| 8 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | LIME SPRINGS |
| 8 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Glacier National Park | MCDONALD CREEK |
| 6 August 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | DUMP ROAD |
| 31 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Flathead National Forest | BELTON |
| 30 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Glacier National Park | BELTON HILLS |
| 3 August 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Glacier National Park | OLD BRIDGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Apgar in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2013: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Apgar | $8,000 | A Glacier National Park official reported several cars damaged from downed trees. They also reported that there were several areas with rocks on the road partially blocking lanes, but no major landslide activity. Approximately 22 miles to the northwest in Polebridge, the RAWS sensor measured a wind gust to 50 mph at 4:50 pm MDT. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Apgar | - | Wind gusts over 60 mph were estimated due to several trees 1 to 2 feet in diameter being knock down near Apgar. In addition a dozen trees approximately 1 foot in diameter were knocked down along Lake McDonald. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Glacier | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Coram | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Lake McDonald | 9.1 miles | 24 | |
| Crystal Ford | 9.5 miles | 24 | |
| Martin City | 9.7 miles | 12 | |
| Geduhn (historical) | 10.1 miles | 23 | |
| Hungry Horse | 10.4 miles | 12 | |
| Nyack | 11.7 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Apgar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4779453 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 779098. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






