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Big Sky Canyon Village, Montana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Big Sky census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59730. It stands on West Fork Gallatin River. The Survey maps it on the Gallatin Peak quadrangle.

Big Sky Canyon Village within Gallatin 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Big Sky Canyon Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 696 acres in total. 17 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
Natural17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
23 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestCRENSHAW BRIDGE
16 September 2003Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestBIG SKY
10 September 2005Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestYELLOW MOUNTAIN
7 August 2012Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestDEER CREEK
6 August 2012Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestWEST FORK
31 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestAPPALOOSA
31 August 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestLITTLE
26 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestDUDLEY CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallatin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Big Sky Canyon Village: 13 occurrences, 8 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Asbestos, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Deer Creek ProspectCopper, NickelOccurrenceChalcopyrite
Deer Creek ProspectCopper, NickelProspect
Last Chance ProspectCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Last Chance ProspectIronProspect
Moon Lake KyaniteKyanite, GarnetOccurrence
Mountain Goat No. 5 ClaimGold, SilverOccurrence1949
Mountain Goat No. 5 ClaimGold, SilverProspect
Porcupine RidgeStonePast Producer
Table Mountain ProspectChromium, AsbestosOccurrenceVein
Table Mountain ProspectChromium, AsbestosProspect

Every working recorded in Gallatin 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
Big Sky Meadow Village2.6 miles21
Big Sky6.2 miles21
Eldridge (historical)11.4 miles23
Little Bear (historical)19.9 miles22
Gallatin Gateway22.8 miles22
Gallatin Gateway Inn Park22.8 miles22
Country Court23.8 miles22
Lay Settlement (historical)24.4 miles22

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.

Wikidata item Q122567831The 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 1743897. 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.