Kenspur, Montana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Stevensville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59833. It stands on Larry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stevensville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1912 USGS Missoula quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Stevensville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Missoula West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Stevensville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
113 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Kenspur between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,115 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 4 were 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 | 35 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | BLACKJACK |
| 30 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | BASS OVERLOOK |
| 29 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | BASS CREEK |
| 25 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | SITE 22 |
| 24 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | ONE HORSE FIRE |
| 2 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | CARLTON CREEK |
| 14 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | RavaIIi County | 441 TIE CHUTE LN |
| 12 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | KOOTENAI 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kenspur: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pubmice Occurrence | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Wild Maple | Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kenspur in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 1 flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenspur | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds pushed over a 20 foot tall tree along Eastside Highway. |
| May 2018 | Flood | Kenspur | $1,000 | With both the Bitterroot River and Burnt Fork Creek running high, damage to the Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge and Whitetail Golf Course occurred. Much of the damage included scouring of pavement in these areas. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweeney Creek (historical) | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Florence | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Bitter Root (historical) | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Bitterroot Pines | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Bitterroot Court | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Stevensville | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Apple Blossom Court | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Mountain Shadows Estates | 6.7 miles | 17 |
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 Q122543001 | 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 785681. 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.







