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Pine Park, Montana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Columbia Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59912. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Columbia Falls South quadrangle.

Pine Park within Flathead County

On record in Pine Park

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 within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

139 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Pine Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 156 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Debris and open burning26
Recreation and ceremony16
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking6
Fireworks4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeTRAP ROAD
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeHIDEAWAY
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlathead CountyHWY 206 / COLUMBIA MEADOWS DR-CF
28 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeTOFTUM LANE
24 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeSOUTH CEDER LAKE
22 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwestern Land Officenot named
22 September 1999Smokingunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeCEDAR CREEK
20 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlathead National Forestnot named

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 Pine Park: 3 producers, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Contained or Metal. 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
(Facility) Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. SmelterAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant1955
Art Weaver CrusherSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Blue Moon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crushing Plant No.. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Columbia Falls0.3 miles11
Big Sky Colonial Manor0.9 miles11
Lazy Day Court1.5 miles11
Conkelley3.1 miles12
Halfmoon3.2 miles12
La Salle5.0 miles11
Hungry Horse6.6 miles12
Martin City7.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1796050. 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.