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Gallop, Montana

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Belgrade census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59714. It stands on Gallop Creek. The Survey maps it on the Flathead Pass quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Gallop within Gallatin County

On record in Gallop

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

18 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Gallop (historical) between 1998 and 2019, burning about 621 acres in total. 9 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
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
3 September 2016Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestBLACKTAIL
8 August 2008Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestBLACKTAIL
4 August 2018Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestBLACKTAIL
30 August 2011Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestJOHNSON CANYON
22 August 2015Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestMILL CREEK
14 August 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestJOHNSON CREEPER
1 August 2013Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestBLACKTAIL
4 July 2007Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestFELIX

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallatin County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Gallop (historical): 4 prospects, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc. 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 Pit Adit MineCopper, Lead, ZincProspect
Mkb #7 AditCopper, Zinc, LeadProspect
Pass Creek MineLead, Zinc, MolybdenumOccurrenceGalena, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
September Morn MineLead, Silver, Molybdenum, Zinc, Barium-BaritePast ProducerVein
SheridanLead, Zinc, SilverProspect
Lower Cooper AditLead, ZincProspect
September Morn MineLead, SilverPast Producer
Upper Cooper Adit MinesLead, ZincPast Producer

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
Menard4.0 miles22
Menard Wye4.4 miles22
Accola4.9 miles22
Reese Creek (historical)7.8 miles23
Hillman8.0 miles22
Edilou8.5 miles22
Maudlow9.9 miles17
Springhill10.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1743873. 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.