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Jackson, Montana

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Big Hole Basin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59736. It stands on Governor Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jackson quadrangle. 36 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,473 feet above sea level.

Jackson within Beaverhead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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

5 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Jackson between 1994 and 2020, burning about 164 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
3 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestRICHARDS PARK
5 August 1994Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
2 August 2019Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead CountyABRAMS CREEK FIRE
12 May 2020Debris and open burning4.0 acresBeaverhead CountyDOOLING RANCH
6 October 1996Debris and open burning160 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestWARM SPRINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beaverhead County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Jackson: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Copper. 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
Carney MineCopperProspect
Jardine Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer

Every working recorded in Beaverhead County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jackson in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 2021Thunderstorm WindJackson-DOT sensor 6 miles southeast of Jackson, MT.
June 2020Heavy RainJackson-Mesonet station dhlm8 9.1 ne Baker.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindJackson-Strong winds measuring 58KT (67MPH) were reported 6 miles SE of Jackson, MT at Big Hole Pass.
August 2013HailJackson-Hail measuring 1.00 inches (quarter sized) was reported in Jackson, MT.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindJackson-Outflow winds gusted to 56KT (64MPH) 6 miles SE of Jackson.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindJackson-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 58 mph at Jackson 6SE (the Big Hole Pass DOT site).

Every storm recorded in Beaverhead 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
Gloss Place7.1 miles9
Polaris15.3 miles12
Maverick Mountain16.1 miles13
Elkhorn Hot Springs17.0 miles13
Wisdom17.4 miles11
Moosehorn (historical)21.0 miles11
Coolidge (historical)21.4 miles13
Elkhorn21.4 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.

Wikipedia article on JacksonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4160690The 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 785383. 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.