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Pinnacle, Montana

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the South Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59916. It stands on Muir Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pinnacle quadrangle.

Pinnacle within Flathead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

44 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Pinnacle between 1994 and 2018, burning about 22,753 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 2 were 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
Natural34
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2006Naturalunder an acreFlathead National ForestPAOLA
8 September 1994Naturalunder an acreGlacier National ParkCOAL CREEK
24 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFlathead National ForestPINNACLE RIDGE
23 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlathead National ForestSTANTON CREEK
13 September 2011Naturalunder an acreGlacier National ParkPAOLA
1 September 2011Naturalunder an acreGlacier National ParkRAMPAGE 2
5 August 1997Naturalunder an acreGlacier National ParkSALVAGE
5 August 1994Naturalunder an acreGlacier National ParkDOUBLE MOUNTAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Flathead County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pinnacle: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Quartz, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
EssexStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stanton Lake ProspectsCopper, QuartzUnknown

Every working recorded in Flathead County

Storms near this place

1 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinnacle in 1 storm report in 2002: 1 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
May 2002HailPinnacle-no account filed

Every storm 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
Essex5.8 miles11
Nimrod9.3 miles13
Nyack9.9 miles13
Canyon Creek Boat Landing11.6 miles11
Singleshot11.8 miles13
Blacktail12.2 miles12
Snowslip12.4 miles12
McCarthyville (historical)12.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 788919. 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.