Nye, Montana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Absarokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59061. It stands on Prairie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nye quadrangle. 38 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,857 feet above sea level.
On record in Nye
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Meyers Creek Work Centerlisted 2023
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1898 USGS Granite Mountain District quadrangle1:125000
- 1932 USGS Nye No 2 quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Mt Wood quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Mt. Wood quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Nye quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Red Lodge quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Nye quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Nye between 1998 and 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. 9 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 | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | HORSEMAN FLAT |
| 7 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | LIMESTONE BUTTE |
| 6 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Stillwater County | BENBOW |
| 23 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | BLACK DOG |
| 21 August 2010 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | NYE ASSIST |
| 17 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | BENBOW |
| 17 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | BMCR |
| 15 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | NYE CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Nye: 8 occurrences, 3 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Platinum, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blitz | Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Gold, Copper, Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mouat Iron-Titanium Group | Iron, Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Nye Basin Alice Cr-Pt | Platinum, Chromium, Copper, Nickel | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Nye Basin Big Seven | Chromium, Platinum | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Nye Basin Cr-Pt | Chromium, PGE | Occurrence | ||
| Nye Basin Lip | Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Nye Basin Ni-Cu East | Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, Gold, Silver, Palladium, Platinum | Occurrence | Stillwater Ni-Cu | |
| Nye Basin Ni-Cu Lip | Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Gold, PGE, Silver | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite | |
| Stillwater Mine | Platinum, Palladium, PGE, Gold, Rhodium, Copper, Ruthenium, Osmium, Iridium, Nickel | Producer | 1971, 1986 |
Storms near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nye in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2005 | Heavy Rain | Nye | - | 1.58 inches of rain in Nye |
| May 2005 | Heavy Rain | Nye | - | 3.80 inches of rain in 24 hours |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nye | - | Trees knocked down by wind in the town of Absarokee. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Nye | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Nye | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Nye | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Nye | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nye | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nye | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Nye | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Nye | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Nye | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beehive | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Mountain View | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Limestone | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Dean | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Meyers Creek | 7.7 miles | 17 | |
| Mouat (historical) | 8.2 miles | 17 | |
| Fishtail | 16.2 miles | 12 | |
| Absarokee | 20.3 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Nye | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7071047 | 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 788348. 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.









