Scotch Coulee, Montana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Red Lodge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59007. The Survey maps it on the Red Lodge East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Scotch Coulee within Carbon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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.

1944 USGS Red Lodge quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1954 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1969 USGS Red Lodge East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1989 USGS Red Lodge quadrangle1:100000
1996 USGS Red Lodge East quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

23 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Scotch Coulee (historical) between 1996 and 2019, burning about 553 acres in total. 12 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	12
Recreation and ceremony	3
Fireworks	2
Debris and open burning	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Other causes	1
Smoking	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
23 September 2007	Smoking	2.0 acres	Custer Gallatin National Forest	BEARCREEK ASSIST
1 September 2014	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Billings Field Office	GROVE CREEK
26 August 2011	Natural	1.2 acres	Custer Gallatin National Forest	MOUNT MAURICE
26 August 2011	Natural	under an acre	Custer Gallatin National Forest	JAKE
21 August 1998	Natural	under an acre	Custer Gallatin National Forest	FENCE POST
15 August 2006	Natural	2.0 acres	Custer Gallatin National Forest	MT MAURICE
14 August 1996	Natural	under an acre	Custer Gallatin National Forest	PALISADES
11 August 2010	Natural	under an acre	Billings Field Office	LITTLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carbon 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 Scotch Coulee (historical): 3 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Uranium, Chromium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Red Lodge	Chromium	Producer	Chromite, Magnetite
Bay Horse	Silver, Gold	Prospect
North Grove Creek Prospect	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Weaver Property	Uranium	Occurrence
Weaver Property	Uranium	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Carbon 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Caledonia (historical)	0.0 miles	15
Washoe	0.0 miles	15
Red Lodge	2.3 miles	15
Bearcreek	3.0 miles	15
Eagle (historical)	3.7 miles	15
Fox	7.8 miles	10
Richel Lodge	10.3 miles	15
Belfry	11.1 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1726668. 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.