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Pine Creek, Montana

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Livingston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59047. It stands on Pine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brisbin quadrangle. 80 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,790 feet above sea level.

Pine Creek within Park County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

18 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Pine Creek between 1996 and 2020, burning about 8,631 acres in total. 5 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
Natural5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning1

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
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestPINE CR.
28 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral Land Officenot named
29 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use8,612 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestPINE CREEK
22 August 2019Naturalunder an acrePark CountyLOCH LEVEN FIRE
19 August 2011Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestPINE CREEK
17 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral Land OfficeMALLARDS REST
12 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestNICOLE
11 August 1996Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestMT.DELANO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Pine Creek: 2 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Nickel, Cobalt, Chromium, Nickel, Cobalt. 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
First OutSilver, Nickel, CobaltUnknown
Mt. CowenMolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite
Sixty FiveSilver, Nickel, Cobalt, ChromiumUnknown
Crosby's AdventureGoldProspect
Silver MountainGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Park County

Storms near this place

7 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Creek in 7 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2017HailPine Creek-The hail size ranged from pea to ping pong ball size over a 30 minute period. The observer is located at approximately 5000 feet elevation.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindPine Creek-Thunderstorm wind gusts along Main Boulder Road along the Boulder River near the confluence of Chippy Creek resulted in numerous trees being blown down. In addition, some of the tops of trees were snapped.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindPine Creek-Microburst winds estimated at 75 mph uprooted an 18 inch diameter fir tree. The tree hit part of a home roof. In addition, a 24 inch cottonwood tree top was broken off and landed on power lines.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindPine Creek-A microburst wind was reported to of taken off the tops of two huge Cottonwood trees, one landed on power lines and cutting off power, the other landed on and damaged a camper.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPine Creek-no account filed
September 2012Thunderstorm WindPine Creek-no account filed
August 2006HailPine Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Park 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
Brisbin2.6 miles20
Chimney Rock9.7 miles17
Chicory10.1 miles20
Branding Iron Addition10.7 miles21
Five Acre Tracts/Acreville Addition10.7 miles21
Green Acres Addition10.7 miles21
High Ground Addition10.7 miles21
Livingston10.7 miles21

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 Pine CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q107366065The 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 788874. 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.