Grayling, Montana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the West Yellowstone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59758. It stands on Red Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Hebgen quadrangle. It stands 6,608 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Ashton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Tepee Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Mount Hebgen quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Hebgen Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2000 USGS Mount Hebgen quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Grayling between 1992 and 2019, burning about 171 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | BURBANK |
| 30 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | HEBGEN MT. |
| 30 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | TARGHEE |
| 29 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | NOON |
| 28 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | 52 PICKUP |
| 19 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | GRAYCROFT RIDGE |
| 19 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | not named |
| 16 September 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | OSPREY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Grayling: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Lakeshore Summer Home Area | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Romsett Summer Home Area | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Lonesome Hurst Summer Home Area | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Railroad Summer Home Area | 10.6 miles | 14 | |
| West Yellowstone | 11.0 miles | 13 | |
| Corette | 11.2 miles | 14 | |
| Riverside | 12.0 miles | 13 |
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 Q93439349 | 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 784246. 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.






