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Medicine Hot Springs, Montana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Sula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59827. It lies near Lord Draw. The Survey maps it on the Medicine Hot Springs quadrangle.

Medicine Hot Springs within Ravalli County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Medicine Hot Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 55,866 acres in total. 101 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
Natural101
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBitterroot National ForestSUSIE Q
3 September 1994Naturalunder an acreBitterroot National Forestnot named
22 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreBitterroot National ForestWARM SPRINGS
16 September 2011Naturalunder an acreBitterroot National ForestMEDICINE BEAR
15 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBitterroot National ForestRC
14 September 2013Naturalunder an acreBitterroot National ForestCRAZY
14 September 1996Naturalunder an acreBitterroot National ForestSHOOK MOUNTAIN
12 September 1996Natural1.5 acresBitterroot National ForestMEDICINE PT.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ravalli County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Medicine Hot Springs: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Beryllium, 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
Portable Crusher No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Broken File ProspectBerylliumOccurrence
Unnamed Be OccBerylliumOccurrence1954

Every working recorded in Ravalli 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
Sula2.9 miles11
Conner7.5 miles8
Peaks and Pines Park10.3 miles10
Holtet Court14.2 miles17
Darby14.3 miles17
University Heights16.1 miles17
Gorus16.6 miles17
Como18.4 miles17

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 Q122543442The 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 787170. 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.