Gregson, Montana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Butte-Silver Bow Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59711. It stands on Gregson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Opportunity quadrangle. It stands 5,131 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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.
- 1889 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1903 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Anaconda quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Opportunity quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Opportunity quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Gregson between 1992 and 2019, burning about 30 acres in total. 7 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 | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | OPPORTUNITY |
| 6 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | CABBAGE GULCH |
| 19 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | WILLOW CREEK |
| 15 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 3 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Central Land Office | RESERVOIR FIRE |
| 29 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Gregson: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregson Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Silver Bow Placer | REE | Unknown | ||
| Tuxedo Mine | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Beal Dyke Placer | Silver, Gold | Producer | ||
| Crackerville Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| P & L Mine | Silver | Prospect | ||
| S and N Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Silver Bow Creek Placer | Gold | Past Producer | 1864 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gregson in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2017: 1 hail, 1 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Flood | Gregson | $1,000 | An ice jam on the Big Hole River at the Dickie Bridge caused water to back up and flood a land owner to the west of the bridge. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Gregson | - | The first severe thunderstorm developed over the Beaverhead National Forest south of Anaconda before 2pm MDT and tracked northeast over Gregson Hot Springs producing up to one inch hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmont Hot Springs | 0.3 miles | 21 | |
| Finlen | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Hackney | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| Durant | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Miles Crossing | 5.1 miles | 23 | |
| Ramsay | 7.2 miles | 23 | |
| Sciuchetti Place | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Silver Bow | 8.1 miles | 23 |
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 Q104604471 | 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 784325. 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.











