BlockGloss Place, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Big Hole Basin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59736. It stands on Ginny Creek. The Survey maps it on the Butch Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Butch Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Salmon quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Butch Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Gloss Place between 1994 and 2019, burning about 161 acres in total. 3 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 | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | RICHARDS PARK |
| 7 August 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BULL CREEK |
| 5 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
| 4 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Central Land Office | ABRAMS CREEK |
| 8 July 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | CARROL HILL |
| 14 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BULL CREEK |
| 15 November 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BULL CREEK |
| 6 October 1996 | Debris and open burning | 160 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | WARM SPRINGS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Gloss Place: 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Molybdenum, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carney Mine | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Old Tim | Molybdenum | Prospect | ||
| Old Tim Mo | Molybdenum | Occurrence | 1967 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Polaris | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Maverick Mountain | 9.6 miles | 13 | |
| Elkhorn Hot Springs | 10.9 miles | 13 | |
| Coolidge (historical) | 15.4 miles | 13 | |
| Elkhorn | 15.4 miles | 13 | |
| Wisdom | 20.1 miles | 11 | |
| Ermont Mill | 20.1 miles | 18 |
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 Q122591100 | 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 802108. 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.