Gopher, Montana

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Ashland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59062. The Survey maps it on the Hamilton Draw quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Gopher within Rosebud County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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.

1954 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Hamilton Draw quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Birney quadrangle1:100000
1995 USGS Hamilton Draw quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Gopher (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 13,199 acres in total. 54 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	54
Recreation and ceremony	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
6 September 2013	Natural	7.3 acres	Miles City Field Office	MORRIS
19 September 1998	Natural	under an acre	Custer Gallatin National Forest	3X BAR
1 September 2010	Natural	15 acres	Custer Gallatin National Forest	WOLFF
9 August 2016	Natural	under an acre	Miles City Field Office	BEAR
8 August 2006	Natural	557 acres	Custer Gallatin National Forest	LEE CREEK
6 August 2002	Natural	21 acres	Custer Gallatin National Forest	HERTZ
4 August 2009	Natural	under an acre	Custer Gallatin National Forest	LEE
4 August 2009	Natural	under an acre	Custer Gallatin National Forest	ROUGH DRAW

Every fire recorded in Rosebud County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Gopher (historical): 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Scoria Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Rosebud 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Birney	13.2 miles	7
Birney Day School	15.9 miles	9
Ashland	25.7 miles	9
Lame Deer	33.7 miles	8
Wood Place	35.1 miles	8
Jimtown	37.5 miles	7
Saints Rest (historical)	38.8 miles	7
Brandenberg	41.1 miles	6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1716688. 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.