Clarkston, Montana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Three Forks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59752. It lies near Home Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Lombard quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1886 USGS Fort Logan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Toston quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Lombard quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Clarkston between 1995 and 2020, burning about 10,648 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carbon County | 201058 |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gallatin County | not named |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Central Land Office | CLARKSTON |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gallatin County | not named |
| 18 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gallatin County | not named |
| 10 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,223 acres | Central Land Office | HORSESHOE |
| 1 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gallatin County | not named |
| 1 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Central Land Office | TOSTON |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Clarkston: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trident Brown Shale | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumicite Deposit | Pumice | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clarkston in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Hail | Clarkston | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped .75 inch diameter hail at Clarkson 50W. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trident | 6.6 miles | 21 | |
| Gallatin (historical) | 8.4 miles | 21 | |
| Carpenter | 9.9 miles | 21 | |
| Logan | 10.1 miles | 21 | |
| Deer Park | 10.3 miles | 15 | |
| Jefferson (historical) | 11.3 miles | 20 | |
| Three Forks | 12.0 miles | 20 | |
| Manhattan | 12.7 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 769908. 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.







