Soda Springs, Montana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the South Yellowstone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59101. The Survey maps it on the Soda Springs quadrangle.

Soda Springs within Yellowstone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1893 USGS Huntley quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1954 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Soda Springs quadrangle1:24000
1989 USGS Billings quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

19 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Soda Springs between 1992 and 2016, burning about 548 acres in total. 14 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	14
Debris and open burning	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
6 September 2013	Natural	under an acre	Crow Agency	EAST FORK III
15 September 1992	Debris and open burning	40 acres	Crow Agency	not named
7 August 2005	Natural	1.0 acres	Crow Agency	WILDHORSE
7 August 2000	Natural	1.0 acres	Crow Agency	WOODY
6 August 2016	Natural	361 acres	Crow Agency	STOVALL
5 August 2011	Natural	under an acre	Crow Agency	NICOLE
21 August 2011	Natural	40 acres	Crow Agency	BIRDHEAD
18 August 2001	Natural	20 acres	Crow Agency	LEACHMAN

Every fire recorded in Yellowstone 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 Soda Springs: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Lovell Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Unnamed Pumicite	Pumice	Prospect

Every working recorded in Yellowstone 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
Indian Arrow	15.9 miles	16
Hirsch	18.9 miles	19
Lockwood	19.1 miles	19
Billings	19.3 miles	11
Billings Heights	21.0 miles	19
Yegen	21.5 miles	12
Cline	23.0 miles	16
Cameron Park	23.0 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 776729. 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.