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.
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.
- 1891 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Brisbin quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Brisbin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 1996Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | PINE CR. |
| 28 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 29 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,612 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | PINE CREEK |
| 22 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Park County | LOCH LEVEN FIRE |
| 19 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | PINE CREEK |
| 17 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Central Land Office | MALLARDS REST |
| 12 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | NICOLE |
| 11 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | MT.DELANO |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Out | Silver, Nickel, Cobalt | Unknown | ||
| Mt. Cowen | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Sixty Five | Silver, Nickel, Cobalt, Chromium | Unknown | ||
| Crosby's Adventure | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Silver Mountain | Gold | Prospect |
Storms near this place
7 since 2006Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Hail | Pine 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Creek | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Creek | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Pine Creek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbin | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Chimney Rock | 9.7 miles | 17 | |
| Chicory | 10.1 miles | 20 | |
| Branding Iron Addition | 10.7 miles | 21 | |
| Five Acre Tracts/Acreville Addition | 10.7 miles | 21 | |
| Green Acres Addition | 10.7 miles | 21 | |
| High Ground Addition | 10.7 miles | 21 | |
| Livingston | 10.7 miles | 21 |
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 Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q107366065 | 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 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.









