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Crystal Point, Montana

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1968. It stands in the Glacier National Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59928. It stands on Alder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ahern Pass quadrangle.

Crystal Point within Flathead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 24 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

30 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Crystal Point between 1992 and 2018, burning about 27 acres in total. 29 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
Natural29
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
13 September 1996Naturalunder an acreGlacier National ParkBLICK
7 August 1993Naturalunder an acreGlacier National ParkCHALET
6 August 2004Naturalunder an acreGlacier National ParkHEAVENS PEAK
25 August 2011Naturalunder an acreBitterroot National ForestBOG FIRE
25 August 2000Natural22 acresGlacier National ParkGRINNEL POINT
24 August 2000Natural1.2 acresGlacier National ParkWINONA
20 August 2018Naturalunder an acreGlacier National ParkFLATTOP
2 August 2001Naturalunder an acreGlacier National ParkHAYSTACK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Flathead 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
Packers Roost0.6 miles23
Red Rock Point4.2 miles23
Geduhn (historical)9.0 miles23
Lake McDonald10.1 miles24
Sperry Chalets10.1 miles24
Crystal Ford10.4 miles24
Apgar18.9 miles24
West Glacier20.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802082. 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.