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Chico Hot Springs, Montana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Livingston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59065. It lies near Conlin Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Emigrant quadrangle.

Chico Hot Springs within Park County

On record in Chico Hot Springs

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

10 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Chico Hot Springs between 1995 and 2019, burning about 12 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
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
15 September 2019Naturalunder an acrePark CountyMILE 575
3 August 1999Natural10 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestCHICO
15 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestCONLIN GULCH
15 August 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestMESS KIT
14 August 1996Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestDRY CREEK
14 August 1996Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestSOLDIER
12 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePark Countynot named
5 November 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestMULLET

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Chico Hot Springs: 16 unknowns, 14 prospects, 4 occurrences, 3 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead. 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
AlaskaSilver, Zinc, Gold, LeadUnknown
Balm of Gilead Mama Gaylord CreekSilver, Zinc, Lead, GoldProspect
Basic Metals MineCopper, Silver, Lead, Gold, ZincProspect
Chico Hot SpringsStone, DimensionUnknown
Crown PointGold, Silver, LeadUnknown
EmigrantGold, Silver, Molybdenum, LeadProducerGalena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gold LeafSilver, Gold, CopperOccurrence
Great Eastern MineCopper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, GoldProspect
Great WesternCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincProspect
Klu Klux ClaimSilver, Lead, ZincUnknown

Every working recorded in Park 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
Chico1.3 miles21
White City2.4 miles21
Pray3.0 miles20
Emigrant3.1 miles21
North Glastonbury4.0 miles22
Merriman4.0 miles22
Chicory4.7 miles20
Glastonbury4.8 miles22

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.

Wikipedia article on Chico Hot SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5096430The 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 781216. 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.