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Cherry Springs, Montana

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Fromberg-Bridger census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59014. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bridger quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cherry Springs within Carbon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

20 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Cherry Springs (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 6,761 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined14
Natural6

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 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeBRIDGER CEMETARY
31 August 1998Natural2,000 acresMiles City Field OfficeCHERRY SPG
3 August 2020Naturalunder an acreBillings Field OfficePANHEAD
3 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarbon County466 N. DRY CREEK
3 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarbon County225 PAN HEAD ALLY
22 August 2019Natural1.0 acresCarbon County19-9347
20 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeBRIDGER
1 August 2016Natural12 acresBillings Field OfficeELBOW CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carbon 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 Cherry Springs (historical): 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension. 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
Limestone OccurrenceLimestone, DimensionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Carbon 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
Bridger4.1 miles10
Golden (historical)6.1 miles10
Coalville (historical)7.4 miles10
Fromberg7.5 miles10
Selmes9.6 miles12
Roberts10.1 miles10
Boyd11.3 miles11
Belfry11.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1726662. 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.