BlockGird Point, Montana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Hamilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59840. The Survey maps it on the Gird Point quadrangle.
On record in Gird Point
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.
Gird Point Lookoutlisted 2018 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1909 USGS Sapphire quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Gird Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Philipsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Gird Point quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
177 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Gird Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,673 acres in total. 138 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 138 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Natural | 2,514 acres | Bitterroot National Forest | GIRD END |
| 7 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | HOG TROUGH #2 |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | ST. GIRD |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Bitterroot National Forest | BRENNAN |
| 5 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | WEST GIRD |
| 5 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | SOUTH GIRD |
| 4 September 2010 | Natural | 10 acres | Bitterroot National Forest | HAROLD |
| 3 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | GIRD |
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Gird Point: 6 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Vermiculite, Molybdenum, Quartz, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Rock Mining Co. | Quartz | Producer | ||
| Pine Tree | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Molly 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Mine | Molybdenum | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Gird's Creek Vermiculite | Vermiculite | Occurrence | ||
| Hamilton Vermiculite Deposit | Vermiculite | Occurrence | 1930 | |
| Unnamed Location | Vermiculite | Occurrence | ||
| Vermiculite | Vermiculite | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grantsdale | 12.2 miles | 16 | |
| Curdys Cove | 12.6 miles | 16 | |
| Corvallis | 13.0 miles | 16 | |
| Leisure Village | 13.0 miles | 16 | |
| Quast | 13.1 miles | 16 | |
| Hamilton | 13.5 miles | 16 | |
| Riverside | 13.9 miles | 17 | |
| Cobb | 13.9 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122567522 | 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 771786. 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.