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Grannis, Montana

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Shields Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59047. It stands on Noel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grannis quadrangle.

Grannis within Park County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Grannis between 2012 and 2019, burning about 1,800 acres in total. 1 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
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1

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
4 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acrePark CountyRAILROAD
18 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
10 July 2012Natural1,800 acresCentral Land OfficeWILLOW CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Grannis: 5 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Calcium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Mission PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Francis PropertyCalciumProspect
Unnamed CalciteCalciumOccurrence
Unnamed CalciteCalciumOccurrence
Unnamed Calcite OccurrenceCalciumOccurrence
Unnamed Calcite OccurrenceCalciumOccurrence
Unnamed CalciumCalciumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Park County

Storms near this place

7 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grannis in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 6 hail, 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
August 2013Thunderstorm WindGrannis-A thunderstorm wind gust of 75 mph was estimated in Clyde Park.
July 2020HailGrannis-no account filed
August 2019HailGrannis-no account filed
May 2018HailGrannis-no account filed
May 2018HailGrannis-no account filed
June 2010HailGrannis-no account filed
June 2010HailGrannis-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Park 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
Chadborn4.4 miles18
Bensons Landing (historical)4.9 miles21
Urback Place6.1 miles18
Branding Iron Addition7.3 miles21
Five Acre Tracts/Acreville Addition7.3 miles21
Green Acres Addition7.3 miles21
High Ground Addition7.3 miles21
Livingston7.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 771920. 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.