Chico, 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 Emigrant Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Emigrant quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1891 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Emigrant quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Emigrant quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Gardiner quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2000 USGS Emigrant quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Chico between 1993 and 2019, burning about 10,867 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | 10 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | CHICO |
| 15 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | CONLIN GULCH |
| 15 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | MESS KIT |
| 12 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | not named |
| 1 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | PRIZE |
| 21 July 2013 | Natural | 10,850 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | EMIGRANT |
| 5 November 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | MULLET |
| 24 October 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 53 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Chico: 23 prospects, 19 unknowns, 6 occurrences, 3 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | Silver, Zinc, Gold, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Allison Tunnel | Molybdenum, Silver, Gold, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Balm of Gilead Mama Gaylord Creek | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Basic Metals Mine | Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Chico Hot Springs | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Crown Point | Gold, Silver, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Duv | Gold, Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Emigrant | Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead | Producer | Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Gold Leaf | Silver, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Great Eastern Mine | Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold | Prospect |
Storms near this place
12 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chico in 12 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Lightning | Chico | 3 hurt | Scattered thunderstorms moved across southern Park County during the late afternoon hours of Tuesday July 26. A woman leading a horseback ride in a wooded area at about 530pm in the Chico area was struck by lightning. A man performed CPR on the victim before she was flown to Livingston Memorial Hospital then to Billings Clinic. Another woman was treated at the scene for burns while a 6-year-old girl was treated for minor injuries at the hospital. Two horses were killed in the incident. Lightning strikes were fairly isolated in the region at the time. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chico | - | Winds gusted to 62 mph across portions of the Paradise Valley. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chico | - | A wind gust of 58 mph was recorded just east of Chico. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chico | - | A wind gust of 61 mph was recorded 12 miles southeast of Emigrant. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chico | - | A wind gust of 59 mph was reported 9 miles east/southeast of Chico. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chico | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chico | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chico | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Chico | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chico | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chico | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chico | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chico Hot Springs | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| White City | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Merriman | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Emigrant | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Glastonbury | 4.1 miles | 22 | |
| North Glastonbury | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Pray | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| South Glastonbury | 5.5 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 781213. 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.










