Glen, Montana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Dillon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59732. The Survey maps it on the Glen quadrangle. 28 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,987 feet above sea level.
On record in Glen
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
- Browne's Bridgelisted 2010
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1893 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Glen quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Glen quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Glen between 1992 and 2019, burning about 71 acres in total. 13 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | DRY TIMBER |
| 6 August 2000 | Natural | 33 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | TIMBER |
| 21 August 1992 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
| 19 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 14 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Dillon Field Office | TIMBER CANYON |
| 10 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Central Land Office | TIMBER CANYON |
| 7 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | EARL'S GULCH |
| 6 July 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BELL PEAK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Glen: 6 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Silver, Gold, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gob Claims | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Hidden Treasure Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Len Claim | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Nyhart-Cox | Gold, Lead, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Nyhart-Cox Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Occidental Mine | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Polly Jane Group | Silver, Lead, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Polly Jane Group | Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Soap Gulch Ba Occurrence | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite | |
| Vermont Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Surface/Underground |
Storms near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glen in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2017: 2 hail, 2 flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Hail | Glen | - | Quarter sized hail reported just west of Glen on Interstate 15. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen | - | A thunderstorm produced a gust to 62 mph at Glen 7SE. Also a thunderstorm gust to 64 mph was reported at Dillon 5NE. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Glen | - | Heavy rain of about 1.1 inches in 24 hours was reported. |
| January 2011 | Flood | Glen | - | Ice jamming was occurring along the Beaverhead River in Twin Bridges affecting private residential areas on Bridge street as well as Jessen Park. During the event, Jessen Park was closed due to flooding and several private residences and the high school were affected. |
| January 2011 | Flood | Glen | - | Ice jamming was occurring along the Beaverhead River in Twin Bridges affecting private residential areas on Bridge street as well as Jessen Park. During the event, Jessen Park was closed due to flooding and several private residences and the high school were affected. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Glen | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Birch Creek (historical) | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Sodak Mill | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Apex | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Bond | 11.9 miles | 15 | |
| Glendale | 12.2 miles | 16 | |
| Lion City (historical) | 15.4 miles | 18 | |
| Argenta | 16.3 miles | 19 |
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 Glen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4139696 | 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 771797. 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.








