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Electric, Montana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Gardiner-Cooke City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59030. It lies near Beattie Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Electric Peak quadrangle.

Electric within Park 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

26 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Electric between 1995 and 2020, burning about 881 acres in total. 13 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
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
8 September 2018Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestMULHERIN
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePark CountyGARDINER
17 September 2013Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestBASSETTT HOUND
10 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestLITTLE TRAIL CREEK
5 August 2007Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestLITTLE TRAIL CREEK
4 August 2001Natural5.0 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestCUTLER
25 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined860 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestLITTLE JOE
24 August 2007Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestMAIDEN BASIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Electric: 4 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium, Limestone, General, Silver, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Corwin Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Gardiner Travertine DepositsLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerTravertine
Gardiner Travertine QuarryTravertinePast Producer
Gardiner Travertine SawStone, DimensionProducer
Moonlight MineGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Corwin SpringsUraniumOccurrence
Corwin Springs Uranium OccurrenceUraniumOccurrence
BostonGoldProspect
ClipperGoldProspect
Hy Grade PlacerGoldOccurrence1934

Every working recorded in Park 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
Aldridge2.2 miles21
Corwin Springs2.4 miles21
Gardiner5.2 miles23
Jardine7.8 miles23
Sphinx8.2 miles21
Miner10.7 miles21
Carbella11.0 miles21
Dailey (historical)15.0 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 783037. 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.