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Chestnut, Montana

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Bozeman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59715. It stands on Meadow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kelly Creek quadrangle.

Chestnut 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.

Fires near this place

25 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Chestnut between 1996 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. 11 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
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
29 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestRIDGE
22 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
18 September 2018Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
12 September 2007Recreation and ceremony16 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestHARRISON MEADOWS
9 August 1996Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestGOOSE CR.
6 August 2004Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestHIDDEN CHESTNUT
5 August 2019Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestGOOSE CREEK
5 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGallatin Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallatin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Chestnut: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Limestone, General. 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
Meadow Creek Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Unnamed LocationGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Gallatin County

Storms near this place

9 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chestnut in 9 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 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
April 2023FloodChestnut$1,000,000Churchill area saw pretty good runoff occur. Several locations around Amsterdam (Camp and Godfrey Creeks) had water up against houses. The Highline Canal near Gallatin Gateway overtopped in several locations due to runoff. One house and Axtell Anceny Road were affected. Residents on Dry Creek Road and Swamp Creek Road had flood water around houses. This caused the evacuation of the Bootstrap Ranch. County Roads had several roads closed with water on them.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindChestnut-Mesonet station MTBZH Bozeman Pass measured a 59 mph wind gust.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindChestnut-The DOT sensor at Bozeman Pass MTBZH measured a severe caliber gust.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindChestnut-Measured by mesonet station MTBZH (Bozeman Pass).
August 2023Thunderstorm WindChestnut-Mesonet station MTBZH Bozeman Pass measured a severe caliber wind gust.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindChestnut-High winds measuring 51KT (59MPH) reported at Bozeman Pass.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindChestnut-Power poles down from thunderstorm wind gusts...power outages also reported.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindChestnut-DOT sensor at Bozeman Pass on I-15 measures 60 mph wind gust.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindChestnut-DOT sensor at Bozeman Pass on I-15 measures a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Storrs (historical)2.7 miles22
West End3.6 miles22
Lower Bridger (historical)4.3 miles22
Upper Bridger (historical)6.1 miles22
Bozeman8.2 miles22
Patterson8.8 miles22
West College Park9.7 miles22
Catron9.9 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 781202. 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.