Gilman, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59410. It stands on Hogan Slough. The Survey maps it on the Gilman quadrangle.
On record in Gilman
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 1 record
Gilman State Banklisted 1983
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 11 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.
- 1920 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Gilman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Gilman quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Gilman between 2017 and 2019, burning under an acre in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 June 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Central Land Office | AUGUSTA |
| 13 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Teton County | not named |
| 1 November 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Central Land Office | AUGUSTA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gilman in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 1 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Lightning | Gilman | 3 hurt | A 34 year old female struck by lightning, which also injured a 40 year old male and another male of unknown age. Individuals were driving a vehicle that had a kayak strapped to top of vehicle. Strap came loose and the group pulled over and got out to tighten the strap when they were struck. Female was flung six feet, struck head on rocks, and stopped breathing. CPR was performed before individual was air lifted to salt lake city where she remains in the icu. The 40 year old male suffered burns and other individual suffered minor injuries. Time of event is estimated. |
| August 1999 | Hail | Gilman | $2,000 | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Split Rock Junction | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Riebeling | 11.5 miles | 11 | |
| Racine Ford (historical) | 11.9 miles | 12 | |
| La Chapelle Place | 12.3 miles | 10 | |
| Upper Ellis Place | 13.5 miles | 10 | |
| Clemons (historical) | 14.2 miles | 10 | |
| Milford Colony | 14.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 800845. 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.
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.








