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South Glastonbury, Montana

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Livingston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59027. It stands on Goldmeyer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dailey Lake quadrangle. 277 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,151 feet above sea level.

South Glastonbury within Park County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

6 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of South Glastonbury between 1994 and 2017, burning about 42,075 acres in total. 3 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
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
26 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuster Gallatin National Forestnot named
19 August 2001Natural26,873 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestFRIDLEY
8 July 1998Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestFORK
30 July 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestGOLMEYER
30 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,202 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestSIX MILE
29 July 2006Natural14,000 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestBIG CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of South Glastonbury: 5 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Copper, 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
Marble ClaireSilver, CopperUnknown
Merriman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Morning StarSilver, ChromiumUnknown
Forgotten MineGoldPast Producer
MarveGoldProspect
Alice Tunnel Springs AditSilverUnknown
Little ChiefSilverUnknown
Silver StarSilverUnknown

Every working recorded in Park 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
Glastonbury1.4 miles22
Merriman2.3 miles22
Dailey (historical)3.0 miles22
North Glastonbury3.7 miles22
Kotke4.8 miles22
Emigrant5.0 miles21
Chico5.5 miles21
Chico Hot Springs6.2 miles21

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on South GlastonburyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6132768The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2652371. 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.