East Glacier Park, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Blackfeet Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59434. The Survey maps it on the East Glacier Park quadrangle.
On record in East Glacier Park
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
LITTLE CHIEF (boat)listed 2017- Glacier Park Women's Clublisted 2019
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1913 USGS Marias Pass quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS East Glacier Park quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Hungry Horse Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS East Glacier Park quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
110 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of East Glacier Park between 1994 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 6 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | ANN FIRE |
| 5 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | BRIDGE |
| 5 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | CUP FIRE |
| 5 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | STUMP FIRE |
| 4 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | BEASTY |
| 2 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | WASHINGTON |
| 2 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | BOLDYBUTTE |
| 17 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Blackfeet Agency | MIDVALE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of East Glacier Park: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Glacier Park in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2019: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Flood | East Glacier Park | - | MT DOT reported floodwater on US-2, 3-miles west of East Glacier. Exact duration of flooding unknown. |
| July 2008 | Hail | East Glacier Park | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped .75 inch diameter hail at East Glacier Park 2N. |
| July 2006 | Hail | East Glacier Park | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | East Glacier Park | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Glacier Park | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Glacier Park Village | 0.5 miles | 11 | |
| Bison | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| False Summit | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Star | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Durham | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Kiowa | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Starr School | 11.0 miles | 9 | |
| Summit | 11.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 782929. 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.






