Bisel, Montana

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Bozeman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59718. The Survey maps it on the Bozeman quadrangle.

Bisel within Gallatin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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.

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
1953 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1955 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1965 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
1987 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

48 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Bisel between 2017 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	34
Debris and open burning	8
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Other causes	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
4 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Powder River County	201057
22 September 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Central Land Office	not named
21 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Central Land Office	not named
20 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Gallatin County	not named
2 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	100 acres	Gallatin County	WALKER RD
2 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Flathead County	201055
18 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Central Land Office	not named
15 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	RavaIIi County	201061

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallatin County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Bisel: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Balke Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Bozeman Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gabriel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gallatin Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Catron	1.3 miles	22
Story	1.5 miles	22
Lux	2.2 miles	22
Springhill Park	2.3 miles	22
West College Park	2.4 miles	22
Bozeman	3.0 miles	22
Reasville (historical)	3.1 miles	22
Kerns	3.2 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802037. 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.