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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1956 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Medicine Hot Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Medicine Hot Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
115 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 101 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | SUSIE Q |
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | not named |
| 22 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | WARM SPRINGS |
| 16 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | MEDICINE BEAR |
| 15 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | RC |
| 14 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | CRAZY |
| 14 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | SHOOK MOUNTAIN |
| 12 September 1996 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Bitterroot National Forest | MEDICINE PT. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portable Crusher No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Broken File Prospect | Beryllium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Be Occ | Beryllium | Occurrence | 1954 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sula | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Conner | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Peaks and Pines Park | 10.3 miles | 10 | |
| Holtet Court | 14.2 miles | 17 | |
| Darby | 14.3 miles | 17 | |
| University Heights | 16.1 miles | 17 | |
| Gorus | 16.6 miles | 17 | |
| Como | 18.4 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 Q122543442 | 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 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.



