BlockBeacon Point, Montana
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Madison Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59729. It lies near Gallatin Peak. The Survey maps it on the Beacon Point quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1888 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1895 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Spanish Peaks quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Beacon Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Ennis quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Beacon Point quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Beacon Point between 1996 and 2017, burning about 22 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | GRAYLING |
| 26 August 2003 | Natural | 20 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | GRACE LAKE |
| 2 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | HONEY LAKE |
| 12 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 22 July 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | MOONLIGHT CREEK |
| 2 July 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | SPANISH CREEK |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Beacon Point: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beehive Basin | Mica | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Sky Mountain Village | 7.2 miles | 22 | |
| Cowboys Heaven | 13.4 miles | 28 | |
| Watkins | 16.0 miles | 29 | |
| Jeffers | 18.6 miles | 29 | |
| Ennis | 19.8 miles | 29 | |
| McAllister | 20.1 miles | 29 | |
| Red Bluff | 20.6 miles | 20 | |
| Cameron | 21.2 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 779460. 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.