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Gardiner, Montana

23 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 stands on Gardner River. The Survey maps it on the Gardiner quadrangle. 833 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Gardiner within Park County

On record in Gardiner

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 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Gardiner fell from 875 to 833 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010875
2020833-42 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Gardiner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,268 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 1 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
Natural19
Recreation and ceremony13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Fireworks3
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePark CountyGARDINER
14 September 2009Natural15 acresYellowstone National ParkRAINBOW
13 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreYellowstone National ParkBRANDING IRON
12 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreYellowstone National ParkPOW WOW
10 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreYellowstone National ParkPLUMBER
10 September 1997Naturalunder an acreYellowstone National ParkCLAGETT
10 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestLITTLE TRAIL CREEK
1 September 1994Natural37 acresYellowstone National ParkDECKARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Gardiner: 10 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 3 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten. 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
Bear Creek SpringsGeothermalProducer
First ChanceGold, Arsenic, TungstenPast ProducerVein
Gardiner QuarryStonePast Producer
Gardiner Travertine DepositsLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerTravertine
Gardiner Travertine QuarryTravertinePast Producer
Gardiner Travertine SawStone, DimensionProducer
HazelGold, Silver, Iron, CopperUnknown
JardineGold, Silver, Arsenic, Tungsten, Copper, LeadProducerReplacement Vein
Jardine MineGold, Tungsten, Arsenic, Silver, CopperPast Producer1870
Jardine-Crevasse Mountain DistrictsSilver, Tungsten, Gold, Arsenic, LeadPast Producer1862, 1866

Every working recorded in Park County

Storms near this place

1 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gardiner in 1 storm report in 2001: 1 wildfire. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2001WildfireGardiner-Little Joe Fire--Gallatin National ForestDate Started: August 24, 2001Cause of Ignition: LightningLocation: 20 miles east of Gardiner, MontanaSize: 860 acresContained: September 3rd, 2001Cost: $3 million

Every storm 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
Jardine4.6 miles23
Electric5.2 miles21
Corwin Springs7.2 miles21
Aldridge7.2 miles21
Sphinx13.2 miles21
Miner15.8 miles21
Carbella16.1 miles21
White City18.8 miles21

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 GardinerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q957037The 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 783830. 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.