Nimrod, Montana

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Glacier National Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59936. It stands on Java Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nimrod quadrangle.

Nimrod within Flathead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

1914 USGS Nyack quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Nimrod quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Hungry Horse Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
1994 USGS Nimrod quadrangle1:24000

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 Nimrod between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,572 acres in total. 18 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	18
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Debris and open burning	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Other causes	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 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Flathead National Forest	not named
2 September 2000	Natural	under an acre	Glacier National Park	SCALPLOCK
12 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Flathead National Forest	ELK CREEK
7 August 2017	Natural	under an acre	Flathead National Forest	MARION CREEK
7 August 2002	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Flathead National Forest	DEVIL CREEK
6 August 2004	Natural	2.0 acres	Flathead National Forest	VINEGAR
6 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	Flathead National Forest	DEVILS CREEK
5 August 1997	Natural	under an acre	Glacier National Park	SCALPLOCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Flathead County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Nimrod: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Essex Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Great Northern	Copper	Past Producer
Lippincott	Copper	Past Producer
Okedale	Copper	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Flathead 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Essex	3.6 miles	11
Singleshot	4.7 miles	13
Snowslip	6.2 miles	12
Blacktail	6.9 miles	12
McCarthyville (historical)	7.2 miles	12
Pinnacle	9.3 miles	13
Canyon Creek Boat Landing	10.7 miles	11
Three Forks	16.3 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 788005. 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.