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Cowan, Montana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Belgrade census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59718. The Survey maps it on the Bozeman Hot Springs quadrangle.

Cowan within Gallatin 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

46 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Cowan between 2018 and 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. None 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/undetermined31
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePowder River County201057
21 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
17 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
17 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGallatin Countynot named
10 September 2018Other causesunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
7 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGallatin Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallatin County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Cowan: 4 producers, 4 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Geothermal, Gold. 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
Bozeman Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Rader MineGoldPast Producer
Cazier QuarryStoneProducer
Cazier QuarryStonePast Producer
Balke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bar Land PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gallatin 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
Dogtown (historical)1.2 miles21
Middle Creek (historical)1.8 miles21
West Gallatin2.3 miles21
Kerns2.3 miles21
Monforton (historical)3.4 miles21
Holland3.5 miles21
Greenwood3.5 miles21
Korner Kourt3.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802080. 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.