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Cold Spring, Montana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the North of the Yellowstone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59327. The Survey maps it on the Nichols quadrangle.

Cold Spring within Rosebud County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Cold Spring between 2004 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2

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
23 September 2020Naturalunder an acreRosebud CountyARMELLS - ROSEBUD
23 September 2020Naturalunder an acreRosebud CountyOLD HIGHWAY 10 - ROSEBUD
6 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRosebud CountyXERSES - ROSEBUD
14 June 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEastern Land OfficeMCGRAW
5 April 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMiles City Field OfficeISLAND
21 April 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresEastern Land OfficeHWY12 MM263
14 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land Office53 VAN OLSEN LN
13 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeTREASURE COUNTY RANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rosebud County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cold Spring: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Forsyth Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Rosebud 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
Nichols3.4 miles9
Forsyth4.4 miles9
Porcupine (historical)5.2 miles9
Orinoco8.9 miles9
Howard (historical)9.3 miles9
Flynn11.5 miles9
Finch11.6 miles9
Albright (historical)14.3 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 770019. 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.