Dean, Montana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Absarokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59028. It lies near Fishtail Butte. The Survey maps it on the Beehive quadrangle. It stands 5,244 feet above sea level.
On record in Dean
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Dean Schoollisted 2019- 4K Ranchlisted 2002
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.
- 1898 USGS Granite Mountain District quadrangle1:125000
- 1932 USGS Nye No 1 quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Beehive quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Red Lodge quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Beehive quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Dean between 1996 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | LITTLE ROCK |
| 6 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Stillwater County | BENBOW |
| 31 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | HEART LAKE |
| 21 August 2010 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | NYE ASSIST |
| 17 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | BENBOW |
| 17 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | BMCR |
| 16 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | FIDDLER CREEK |
| 16 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | EAST FIDDLER CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dean: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fishtail Creek Mine | Copper | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dean in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2020: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beehive | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Nye | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Fishtail | 10.4 miles | 12 | |
| Mountain View | 11.1 miles | 17 | |
| Limestone | 12.3 miles | 17 | |
| Mouat (historical) | 12.6 miles | 17 | |
| Meyers Creek | 14.2 miles | 17 | |
| Absarokee | 15.4 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Dean | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5245946 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 782167. 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.







