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Hillsboro, Montana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the East Carbon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59014. It stands on South Fork Trail Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hillsboro quadrangle.

Hillsboro within Carbon County

On record in Hillsboro

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Hillsboro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 280 acres in total. 25 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
Natural25
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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 August 2001Naturalunder an acreBighorn Canyon National Recreation AreaBIKER
6 August 1994Naturalunder an acreBighorn Canyon National Recreation AreaHOLLIS
5 August 1994Naturalunder an acreCrow Agencynot named
5 August 1994Naturalunder an acreCrow Agencynot named
30 August 1996Naturalunder an acreBighorn Canyon National Recreation AreaCONFLUENCE
29 August 1994Naturalunder an acreBighorn Canyon National Recreation AreaDOUBLETREE
29 August 1994Naturalunder an acreBighorn Canyon National Recreation AreaA TEAM
28 August 1994Naturalunder an acreBighorn Canyon National Recreation AreaDAVIS CRK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carbon 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 Hillsboro: 5 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Gold. 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
Big Horn PlacerGoldUnknown
East Pryor MineUraniumOccurrence
Sunset ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumProducerVein
Unnamed UraniumUraniumOccurrence
Unnamed UraniumUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Carbon County

Storms near this place

6 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hillsboro in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 6 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
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-Mesonet hbom8 Hillsboro.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-no account filed
April 2012Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carbon 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
Dryhead (historical)5.7 miles12
Warren22.7 miles9
Bowler26.8 miles11
Wade31.3 miles10
Bridger38.5 miles10
Golden (historical)39.7 miles10
Fromberg41.0 miles10
Belfry41.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 772415. 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.