BlockBryson, Montana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the West End census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59867. It stands on Dominion Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saltese quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1914 USGS Avery quadrangle1:125000
- 1917 USGS Avery quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Saltese quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Saltese quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Saltese quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Bryson between 1994 and 2015, burning about 26 acres in total. 24 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 | 24 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | BRIMSTONE |
| 6 September 2003 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Lolo National Forest | CRUZANE MTN. |
| 3 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | SALTESE |
| 3 September 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Lolo National Forest | WEST CROW |
| 21 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | EAST CROW |
| 11 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | RANDOLPH CREEK |
| 9 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | TAFT |
| 6 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | CHIPMUNK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 58 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 58 workings within 5 miles of Bryson: 25 occurrences, 13 past producers, 8 unknowns, 7 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Elk | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Bryan | Silver, Lead, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Coeur D'Alene Cresent Mining Co | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Crown Silver Group | Zinc, Copper, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Hemlock Mine | Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Hoodoo Property | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Idaho-Montana Silver Inc. | Copper, Uranium, Lead, Gold, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Idaho-Montana Silver, Inc. Prospect | Lead, Zinc, Uranium, Silver, Copper | Producer | Lead, Sphalerite | |
| Last Chance | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Last Chance Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Tetrahedrite |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bryson in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Hail | Bryson | $1,000 | An NWS Employee experienced torrential rainfall and 0.50 inch hail while driving on I-90. The hail lasted 5 min, and rain rates were so high cars on the 75 mph interstate slowed to around 25 mph for a few minutes due to reduced visibility. A nearby RAWS weather station reported 0.55 inches of rain from the storm shortly before it crossed I-90. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 780501. 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.