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Bison, Montana

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Glacier National Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59434. The Survey maps it on the Dancing Lady Mountain quadrangle.

Bison within Glacier County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

48 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Bison between 1995 and 2020, burning about 46 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 were 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
Debris and open burning13
Recreation and ceremony10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Fireworks4
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreBlackfeet AgencyBEASTY
2 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlackfeet AgencyWASHINGTON
2 September 1997Naturalunder an acreBlackfeet AgencyBOLDYBUTTE
17 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresBlackfeet AgencyMIDVALE
5 August 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBlackfeet AgencyMEINEKE
29 August 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlackfeet AgencyMANLEY FIRE
26 August 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlackfeet AgencyGLADSTONE FIRE
26 August 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlackfeet AgencyCOIN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glacier County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bison: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Glacier County

Storms near this place

4 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bison in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2022Heavy RainBison-Dcrm8 Deep Creek Raws.
June 2022Heavy RainBison-Deep Creek Raws dcrm8.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindBison-Mesonet station DCRM8 (Deep Creek Raws) measured a 62 mph wind gust.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBison-Peak wind gust measured at the Deep Creek RAWS site. Time estimated.

Every storm recorded in Glacier 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
False Summit1.3 miles11
East Glacier Park4.5 miles11
East Glacier Park Village4.7 miles11
Summit6.6 miles11
Kiowa11.1 miles10
Star11.2 miles9
Durham12.0 miles9
Starr School15.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 779945. 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.