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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.

Grayling within Gallatin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

56 since 1992

Regional 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 ceremony18
Natural17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Fireworks2
Smoking2
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 September 1996Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestBURBANK
30 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestHEBGEN MT.
30 September 1999Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestTARGHEE
29 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestNOON
28 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuster Gallatin National Forest52 PICKUP
19 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestGRAYCROFT RIDGE
19 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCuster Gallatin National Forestnot named
16 September 1996Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestOSPREY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallatin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gallatin 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
Lakeview2.5 miles12
Lakeshore Summer Home Area4.7 miles14
Romsett Summer Home Area4.9 miles14
Lonesome Hurst Summer Home Area5.1 miles14
Railroad Summer Home Area10.6 miles14
West Yellowstone11.0 miles13
Corette11.2 miles14
Riverside12.0 miles13

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 Q93439349The 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.