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Wisner Crossing, Montana

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Belgrade census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59714. It stands on Schafer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Miser Creek quadrangle.

Wisner Crossing within Gallatin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

39 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Wisner Crossing between 2009 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGallatin Countynot named
2 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresGallatin CountyWALKER RD
2 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlathead County201055
18 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
17 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
17 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGallatin Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallatin 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 Wisner Crossing: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Rader MineGoldPast Producer
Balke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cazier QuarryStoneProducer
Cazier QuarryStonePast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Camona0.8 miles23
Busch1.8 miles23
Walker (historical)2.9 miles23
Lux3.0 miles22
Springhill Park3.2 miles22
Story3.5 miles22
Thomasville (historical)4.2 miles23
Powers4.3 miles22

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.

Wikidata item Q122551726The 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 793443. 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.