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Bonner, Montana

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Missoula census division. It stands on Blackfoot River. The Survey maps it on the Bonner quadrangle. It stands 3,314 feet above sea level.

Bonner within Missoula County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

367 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 367 fires within 5 miles of Bonner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 781 acres in total. 53 started naturally. 12 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined175
Natural53
Recreation and ceremony49
Debris and open burning48
Smoking15
Arson/incendiarism12
Fireworks5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
8 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCRAZY TRAIL FIRE
7 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeMM 3 HWY 200
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeST. LAWRENCE CREEK
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCRAZY CANYON CAMPFIRE
5 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresSouthwestern Land Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Missoula County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Bonner: 3 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Limestone, General, Brick Clay. 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
Bonner QuarryStonePast Producer
Clay Deposit In Northeast MissoulaBrick ClayPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Juniper ProspectCopperOccurrence
Douglas Creek PlacerGoldProducer
Limestone ProspectLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Unnamed Limestone ProspectLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectGoldProspect
Western Materials IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wheeler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Missoula County

Storms near this place

6 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bonner in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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
July 2019HailBonner-A thunderstorm produced nickel to quarter-sized hail in the town of Bonner during the afternoon of the 13th.
May 2018FloodBonner-The Blackfoot River reached minor flood stage and mainly low lying areas were impacted.
August 2013Heavy RainBonner-A trained spotter in Bonner measured 0.85 of rainfall in 30 minutes.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindBonner-Several trees were blown down.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindBonner-no account filed
August 1999HailBonner-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Missoula 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
Piltzville0.8 miles17
Milltown0.9 miles18
Bonner Junction1.3 miles18
West Riverside1.4 miles18
Carols Court1.7 miles18
Mountain View Court1.7 miles18
Pinegrove2.1 miles18
Turah3.2 miles17

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 Q136378373The 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 780221. 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.