Nimrod, Montana
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Drummond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59825. It lies near Dry Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Medicine Tree Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1919 USGS Drummond quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1921 USGS Drummond quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Bearmouth quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Missoula East quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Medicine Tree Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Medicine Tree Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Nimrod between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,965 acres in total. 57 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 | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | GROUSE GULCH |
| 5 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 30 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | LODGEPOLE SPRING |
| 3 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | MILE MARKER 132 |
| 22 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | GROUSE GULCH |
| 19 September 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | NIMROD 2 |
| 14 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | MILE MARKER 141 |
| 13 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | BATEMAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Nimrod: 3 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Fork of the Columbia River | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Hidden Tunnel Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Lucky Boy Prospect | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Mitchell Copper Mine | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Mitchell Copper Prospect | Lead, Copper | Producer | Vein |
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nimrod in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 hail, 1 debris flow. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Flood | Nimrod | $50,000 | Granite county saw widespread impacts from the heavy rain. Philipsburg, MT received 3.28 inches of rain in 24 hours from noon 6/12 through noon 6/13. A public report from Georgetown Lake, MT had a measured 3.7 inches of rain over the 2-day event. Fred Burr Creek was particularly hard hit, with private driveway bridges being washed out, thus stranding a couple residents. Many of these same residents had basement flooding as well. USGS stream gauges on Boulder Creek near Maxville recorded 1410 cfs; 1000 cfs begins to cause road flooding issues, and this was much above this impact level. Rock Creek and Flint Creek both saw extremely rapid and high flows, with water spilling into adjacent fields. Georgetown Lake over-topped its spillway for the first time in years. Sapphire Mountain ditch managers narrowly avoided damage to a major irrigation channel feeding the Bitterroot Valley. |
| June 2023 | Debris Flow | Nimrod | - | A layer of mud was found caked over the Drummond Frontage Road the day after the rainfall which depicted that a debris flow had occurred. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nimrod | - | Three 6 to 8 inch diameter trees were snapped in half from Nimrod to Bearmouth. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Nimrod | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nimrod | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byrne | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Baird (historical) | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Ravenna | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Bearmouth | 7.8 miles | 20 | |
| Beartown | 9.7 miles | 19 | |
| Quigley | 10.9 miles | 18 | |
| Stump Town (historical) | 11.2 miles | 19 | |
| Garnet | 11.3 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 788004. 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.









