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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.

Glen within Beaverhead County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

17 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

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
7 August 2007Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestDRY TIMBER
6 August 2000Natural33 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestTIMBER
21 August 1992Natural2.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
19 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral Land Officenot named
14 August 2016Naturalunder an acreDillon Field OfficeTIMBER CANYON
10 August 2019Naturalunder an acreCentral Land OfficeTIMBER CANYON
7 July 2007Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestEARL'S GULCH
6 July 1996Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBELL PEAK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beaverhead County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gob ClaimsManganeseProspect
Hidden Treasure MineGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
Len ClaimTungstenPast Producer
Nyhart-CoxGold, Lead, SilverUnknown
Nyhart-Cox MineLead, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Occidental MineGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Polly Jane GroupSilver, Lead, MolybdenumPast ProducerVein
Polly Jane GroupSilver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Soap Gulch Ba OccurrenceBarium-BariteOccurrenceBarite
Vermont MineSilver, Lead, ZincPast ProducerSurface/Underground

Every working recorded in Beaverhead County

Storms near this place

6 since 2000

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2017HailGlen-Quarter sized hail reported just west of Glen on Interstate 15.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindGlen-A thunderstorm produced a gust to 62 mph at Glen 7SE. Also a thunderstorm gust to 64 mph was reported at Dillon 5NE.
June 2014Heavy RainGlen-Heavy rain of about 1.1 inches in 24 hours was reported.
January 2011FloodGlen-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 2011FloodGlen-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 2000HailGlen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Beaverhead 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
Navy0.6 miles17
Birch Creek (historical)4.8 miles17
Sodak Mill5.8 miles16
Apex6.6 miles17
Bond11.9 miles15
Glendale12.2 miles16
Lion City (historical)15.4 miles18
Argenta16.3 miles19

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 GlenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4139696The 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.