Bearmouth, Montana
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Drummond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59832. It stands on Antelope Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bearmouth quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1919 USGS Drummond quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1921 USGS Drummond quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Bearmouth quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Missoula East quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Bearmouth quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Bearmouth quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
72 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Bearmouth between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,396 acres in total. 38 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 | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 26 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 14 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | MILE MARKER 141 |
| 13 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | DRY MULKEY |
| 6 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | PACKER GULCH |
| 6 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | DRY MULKEY GULCH |
| 4 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Southwestern Land Office | PACKER GULCH #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Bearmouth: 7 unknowns, 6 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Limestone, General, Silver, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucky Boy Prospect | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Mitchell Copper Mine | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Mitchell Copper Prospect | Lead, Copper | Producer | Vein | |
| T & H Extension Claim | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Bear Creek Placers | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| Clay Deposit Near Antelope Creek | Aluminum | Occurrence | Feldspar, Kaolin, Montmorillonite | |
| First Chance Mine | Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Aluminum Deposit | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Clark Fork | Limestone, General | Unknown | ||
| Dry & Wet Mulkey Gulches | Limestone, General | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bearmouth in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 2008 | Heavy Rain | Bearmouth | $1,000 | National Weather Service employee reported that heavy rainfall from a thunderstorms caused a rock and debris slide with some overwash onto the frontage road near Bearmouth Lodge. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Bearmouth | - | The hail accumulated to a depth of 2 feet. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Bearmouth | - | The Saddle Mountian lookout reported up to penny size hail and heavy rain. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ozan | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Bradman | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Beartown | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Byrne | 6.5 miles | 20 | |
| Springtown | 6.8 miles | 19 | |
| Nimrod | 7.8 miles | 20 | |
| Garnet | 7.9 miles | 19 | |
| Stump Town (historical) | 8.2 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802017. 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.
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.









