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.
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
Carbella Bridgelisted 2010
Gardiner Jaillisted 2015
OTO Homestead and Dude Ranchlisted 2004- Gardiner Bridgelisted 2025
Population over time
2 figuresGardiner 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 875 | |
| 2020 | 833 | -42 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1891 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Gardiner quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Gardiner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Gardiner quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2000 USGS Gardiner quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
49 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Park County | GARDINER |
| 14 September 2009 | Natural | 15 acres | Yellowstone National Park | RAINBOW |
| 13 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | BRANDING IRON |
| 12 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | POW WOW |
| 10 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | PLUMBER |
| 10 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | CLAGETT |
| 10 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | LITTLE TRAIL CREEK |
| 1 September 1994 | Natural | 37 acres | Yellowstone National Park | DECKARD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| First Chance | Gold, Arsenic, Tungsten | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Gardiner Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Gardiner Travertine Deposits | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Travertine | |
| Gardiner Travertine Quarry | Travertine | Past Producer | ||
| Gardiner Travertine Saw | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Hazel | Gold, Silver, Iron, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Jardine | Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Tungsten, Copper, Lead | Producer | Replacement Vein | |
| Jardine Mine | Gold, Tungsten, Arsenic, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | 1870 | |
| Jardine-Crevasse Mountain Districts | Silver, Tungsten, Gold, Arsenic, Lead | Past Producer | 1862, 1866 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2001Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2001 | Wildfire | Gardiner | - | 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jardine | 4.6 miles | 23 | |
| Electric | 5.2 miles | 21 | |
| Corwin Springs | 7.2 miles | 21 | |
| Aldridge | 7.2 miles | 21 | |
| Sphinx | 13.2 miles | 21 | |
| Miner | 15.8 miles | 21 | |
| Carbella | 16.1 miles | 21 | |
| White City | 18.8 miles | 21 |
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 Gardiner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q957037 | The 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.










