BlockBefore

Primrose, Montana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Frenchtown-Wye census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59808. It stands on La Valle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Primrose quadrangle.

Primrose within Missoula County

On record in Primrose

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

247 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of Primrose between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,476 acres in total. 29 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined121
Debris and open burning55
Recreation and ceremony33
Natural29
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissoula County200143
9 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeHORSEBACK RIDGE
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissoula County200142
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeDEEP CREEK RIFLE RANGE
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissoula Countynot named
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissoula County200140
4 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeSOUTH ALBERT
3 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeALBERT BONFIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Missoula County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Primrose: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice. 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
Unnamed PumicePumiceUnknown

Every working recorded in Missoula 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
Grass Valley1.5 miles14
Wye3.0 miles15
Schilling3.2 miles14
De Smet3.4 miles15
Ardrum (historical)5.2 miles14
Hell Gate (historical)5.2 miles15
Nagos5.3 miles15
Westview Park6.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 789188. 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.