Big Sky Mountain Village, Montana
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Madison Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59716. The Survey maps it on the Lone Mountain 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 Lone Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Ennis quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Lone Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
27 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Big Sky Mountain Village between 1993 and 2020, burning about 25 acres in total. 11 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | LOW DOG |
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | SPANISH PEAKS |
| 15 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | LONE PEAK |
| 12 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | SHACK |
| 10 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | YELLOW MOUNTAIN |
| 7 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | PANCAKE |
| 5 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | SHEDHORN |
| 24 August 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | DIAMOND HITCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Big Sky Mountain Village: 3 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Gold, Silver, Iron, 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 | ||
| Last Chance Prospect | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Last Chance Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Gallatin River Placers | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Ridge Prospect | Gold | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Point | 7.2 miles | 22 | |
| Cameron | 16.0 miles | 21 | |
| Cowboys Heaven | 16.1 miles | 28 | |
| Watkins | 16.5 miles | 29 | |
| Jeffers | 16.8 miles | 29 | |
| Ennis | 18.0 miles | 29 | |
| Varney | 19.6 miles | 20 | |
| McAllister | 20.7 miles | 29 |
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 Q122561496 | 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 801845. 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.











