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Upper Bridger, Montana

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Bozeman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59715. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kelly Creek quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Upper Bridger within Gallatin 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

19 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Upper Bridger (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 8,361 acres in total. 8 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
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 September 2020Natural8,224 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestBRIDGER FOOTHILLS
29 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestRIDGE
24 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestPIE'RRE
19 September 2001Debris and open burning120 acresCentral Land OfficeJACKSON CREEK
15 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestWHITE CREEK
12 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestDUFFY
20 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestMIDDLE COTTONWOOD
10 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestSADDLE PEAK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallatin 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 Upper Bridger (historical): 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Geothermal. 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
Bridger Canyon Warm SpringsGeothermalProducer
Bridger Creek Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence

Every working recorded in Gallatin 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
Lower Bridger (historical)2.6 miles22
Chestnut6.1 miles22
West End6.4 miles22
Walker (historical)6.9 miles23
Storrs (historical)8.0 miles22
Bozeman8.1 miles22
Springhill Park8.4 miles22
Lux8.6 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1743860. 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.