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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.

Chico within Park County

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

9 since 1993

Regional 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
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony3

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
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
12 August 1994Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National Forestnot named
1 August 2013Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestPRIZE
21 July 2013Natural10,850 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestEMIGRANT
5 November 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestMULLET
24 October 1993Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresCuster Gallatin National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 53 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
AlaskaSilver, Zinc, Gold, LeadUnknown
Allison TunnelMolybdenum, Silver, Gold, CopperUnknown
Balm of Gilead Mama Gaylord CreekSilver, Zinc, Lead, GoldProspect
Basic Metals MineCopper, Silver, Lead, Gold, ZincProspect
Chico Hot SpringsStone, DimensionUnknown
Crown PointGold, Silver, LeadUnknown
DuvGold, Copper, SilverProspect
EmigrantGold, Silver, Molybdenum, LeadProducerGalena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gold LeafSilver, Gold, CopperOccurrence
Great Eastern MineCopper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, GoldProspect

Every working recorded in Park County

Storms near this place

12 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2011LightningChico3 hurtScattered 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 2023Thunderstorm WindChico-Winds gusted to 62 mph across portions of the Paradise Valley.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindChico-A wind gust of 58 mph was recorded just east of Chico.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindChico-A wind gust of 61 mph was recorded 12 miles southeast of Emigrant.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindChico-A wind gust of 59 mph was reported 9 miles east/southeast of Chico.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindChico-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindChico-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindChico-no account filed
July 2017HailChico-no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindChico-no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindChico-no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindChico-no account filed

Every storm 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
Chico Hot Springs1.3 miles21
White City1.6 miles21
Merriman3.6 miles22
Emigrant3.7 miles21
Glastonbury4.1 miles22
North Glastonbury4.2 miles22
Pray4.3 miles20
South Glastonbury5.5 miles22

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.