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Gallatin, Montana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Three Forks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59752. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Logan quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Gallatin 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

24 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Gallatin (historical) between 2004 and 2020, burning about 8,324 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined12
Debris and open burning5
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaverhead County201066
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFergus County201056
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
28 September 2020Debris and open burning15 acresGallatin CountyCIRCLE S
11 September 2019Naturalunder an acreGallatin Countynot named
1 September 2018Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
27 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGallatin Countynot named
19 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGallatin County202063

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallatin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Gallatin (historical): 8 occurrences, 6 prospects, 3 past producers, 3 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Copper, Silver, Silver, Lead, Zinc, 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
Copper CityIron, CopperProspect1880
Copper City MineCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Copper King LodeCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Copper Queen LodeGold, Copper, SilverOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kanta PitStone, Crushed/Broken, AluminumProducer
New York LodeGold, Silver, ZincProspect
Silica QuarryStoneProducer
Silver King LodeCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrence
Trident Cement QuarryLimestone, General, ClayPlant

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
Trident1.8 miles21
Jefferson (historical)3.0 miles20
Carpenter3.1 miles21
Three Forks3.8 miles20
Logan4.8 miles21
Lower Madison (historical)6.2 miles20
Clarkston8.4 miles14
Manhattan10.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1743875. 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.