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One of 25 National Register listings published here for Beaverhead County · listed in 2010 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Browne's Bridge
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Browne's Bridge Fishing Access Site, Glen, 59743
- When was it listed? January 2010
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Montana's Historic Steel Truss Bridges
- National Register reference number. 09001179 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Browne's Bridge between 1992 and 2019, burning about 261 acres in total. 19 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 | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 1996 | Natural | 100 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | EARLS GULCH |
| 7 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | DRY TIMBER |
| 6 August 2000 | Natural | 33 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | TIMBER |
| 21 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | IRISHMEN'S HOLE |
| 21 August 1992 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
| 19 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 14 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Dillon Field Office | TIMBER CANYON |
| 14 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BROWNES LAKE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Browne's Bridge: 6 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Silver, Gold, Lead, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detton Silica | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Kodiak Mine and Mill | Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Len Claim | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Nyhart-Cox | Gold, Lead, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Nyhart-Cox Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Occidental Mine | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Polly Jane Group | Silver, Lead, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Polly Jane Group | Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Soap Gulch Ba Occurrence | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite | |
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this property
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glen, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2017: 2 hail, 2 flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Hail | Glen | - | Quarter sized hail reported just west of Glen on Interstate 15. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen | - | A thunderstorm produced a gust to 62 mph at Glen 7SE. Also a thunderstorm gust to 64 mph was reported at Dillon 5NE. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Glen | - | Heavy rain of about 1.1 inches in 24 hours was reported. |
| January 2011 | Flood | Glen | - | Ice jamming was occurring along the Beaverhead River in Twin Bridges affecting private residential areas on Bridge street as well as Jessen Park. During the event, Jessen Park was closed due to flooding and several private residences and the high school were affected. |
| January 2011 | Flood | Glen | - | Ice jamming was occurring along the Beaverhead River in Twin Bridges affecting private residential areas on Bridge street as well as Jessen Park. During the event, Jessen Park was closed due to flooding and several private residences and the high school were affected. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Glen | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 09001179 in Record Group 79. |
| Beaverhead County | All 25 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.