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Carbon County, Wyoming

160 topographic sheets cover 50 settlements here, and 43 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

43 National Register listings published here, 1 of them a National Historic Landmark.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Wyoming within the United States
Carbon County within Wyoming

What the record shows

  • 675 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 43 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 21 buildings, 12 districts, 7 sites and 3 structures.
  • 9 of the 43 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 50 populated places in this county; 50 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

43

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Arlingtondistrict198383004268
Jim Baker Cabinbuilding198282001830
Bridger's Passsite197070000669
Brush Creek Work Centerdistrict199494000276
Carbon Cemeterysite201110001048
DFU Elk Mountain Bridgestructure198585000416
DMJ Pick Bridgestructure198585000418
DML-Butler Bridgestructure198585000417
Divide Sheep Campbuilding198484003635
Downtown Rawlins Historic Districtdistrict198585001119
Downtown Rawlins Historic District (Boundary Increase)district199999001221
Elk Mountain Hotelbuilding198686003233
George Ferris Mansionbuilding198282001831
First State Bank of Baggsbuilding198484003644
Fort Hallecksite197070000668
Fort Steelesite196969000185
Fossil Cabin, Thebuilding200808000289
France Memorial United Presbyterian Churchbuilding198484003649
Grand Encampment Mining Region: Boston Wyoming Smelter Sitesite197373001927
Grand Encampment Mining Region: Ferris-Haggarty Mine Sitesite197373001928
Hanna Community Hallbuilding198383004277
Headquarters Park Historic Districtdistrict201211000748
Headquarters Park Historic Districtdistrict201211000748
Hotel Wolfbuilding197474002024
Hugus Hardwarebuilding198484003656
JO Ranch Rural Historic Landscapedistrict201010000930
Jack Creek Guard Stationbuilding198686001101
Medicine Bow Union Pacific Depotbuilding198282001832
Lora Webb Nichols Housebuilding2023100009172
Parco Historic Districtdistrict198787000918
Platte River Crossingsite197171000885
Rawlins Residential Historic Districtdistrict199999001141
Ryan Ranchdistrict197878002823
Saratoga Masonic Hallbuilding197878002824
Site 32 SL-O Intermediate Field Historic Districtdistrict201212000054
Stockgrowers Bankbuilding198686001393
Stone Wall Ranchbuilding198686002329
Tom Sun Ranchbuilding196666000753
Union Pacific Railroad Depotbuilding199393000883
Union Pacific Railroad Depotbuilding199393000883
Virginian Hotelbuilding197878002818
Willis Housebuilding200101000300
Wyoming State Penitentiary Districtdistrict198383003360

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

767 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 767 of them, burning about 251,752 acres. 353 started naturally and 6 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Natural353
Missing data/not specified/undetermined155
Equipment and vehicle use69
Railroad operations and maintenance50
Recreation and ceremony48
Debris and open burning25
Fireworks23
Smoking18
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism6
Other causes2

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
17 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined176,878 acresArapaho National Wildlife RefugeMULLEN
24 August 2019Natural23,408 acresRawlins Field OfficePEDRO MOUNTAIN
5 September 2020Railroad operations and maintenance14,201 acresCarbon CountyRR 316
27 July 2012Natural8,796 acresRawlins Field OfficeFERRIS
21 July 2012Natural3,829 acresRawlins Field OfficeSEMINOE
10 July 1993Natural2,910 acresRawlins Field OfficeDUNES
10 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use2,565 acresMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandSNAKE
14 August 2016Natural2,121 acresMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandBROADWAY

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1958 to 2025

60 of 228 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 228 reports for this county, causing 6 deaths, 7 injuries and about $450,650 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind161
Hail35
Tornado18
Flash Flood6
Lightning3
Flood3
Funnel Cloud2

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2011Flash FloodRyan Park4 killed, 2 hurtThunderstorms with heavy rain moved across the Snowy Range and Brush Creek area on State Highway 130 between 9 pm and midnight on July 18. Debris carried down Brush Creek by runoff from the heavy rainfall clogged the drainage culvert at milepost 55.8 on State Highway 130, about 13 miles east of the junction with State Highway 230. As a result, water washed away the pavement around the culvert and created a 25-foot wide, 9-foot deep trench in the road just before 1 am on July 19. Four members of a Colorado Springs family died after their van drove into the washout and was swept downstream by the raging creek as they fled flash flooding at a nearby campground shortly after 1 am. The driver of the van managed to escape from the van, which was submerged to its rooftop. Minutes later, the Carbon County emergency manager who responded to the flash flooding, drove his vehicle into the same washout and plunged into the creek. Firefighters rescued both drivers about two hours later, and were transported to a hospital in Rawlins. Both men were treated for their injuries and later released. After floodwaters receded, State Highway 130 between mileposts 36 and 68 was closed for repairs.
August 1998LightningArlington1 killed, 1 hurtA woman was killed by a lightning bolt while hiking in the Snowy Range. A friend that was hiking with her was injured. The two were trying to get to lower levels of the mountains after spotting the storm, but the storm caught them in the open.
September 2002LightningEncampment1 killedLightning struck a tree and woman standing under it at the Pickaroon Campground inMedicine Bow National Forest.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindRawlins3 hurt, $50,000Strong thunderstorm wind gust rolled a mobile home 3 times in Echo Springs, resulting in 3 injuries.
June 1998LightningRawlins1 hurtA motorcycle rider was hit by lightning as he was riding west on Interstate 80. He was struck in the back of the neck and the strike caused him to lose control of his mototcycle and crash into the median. The motorcyclist recieved a ruptured eardrum and burns to his eyes, chest and shoulder. The victim was taken to the hospital for treatment and released.
July 1976Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
April 2000Thunderstorm WindRawlins Arpt$100,000no account filed
July 1967Tornadonot stated$25,000no account filed
June 1966Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindHanna$500Thunderstorm winds damaged a shed and broke some windows in Hanna.
June 1982Tornado (F0)not stated$30no account filed
June 1982Tornado (F0)not stated$30no account filed
June 1982Tornado (F0)not stated$30no account filed
June 1982Tornado (F0)not stated$30no account filed
July 1958Tornado (F1)not stated$30no account filed
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWalcott-Wydot station 7 NW of Elk Mountain.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWalcott-Mesonet station WY18 at Halleck Ridge.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWalcott-Mesonet station WY18 at Halleck Ridge.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWalcott-Mesonet station WY18 at Halleck Ridge.
May 2025Thunderstorm Wind(Rwl)Rawlins Airport-Automated surface observing station KRWL 1 ENE of Rawlins.
August 2025Thunderstorm Wind(Rwl)Rawlins Airport-The Rawlins Airport reported a 61 mph wind gust 1 mile east-northeast of Rawlins.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindWalcott-Mesonet station WY18 at Halleck Ridge reported a 70 mph wind gust 7 miles northwest of Elk Mountain.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindArlington-Corrects previous non-tstm wnd gst report from 3 NW Arlington. Mesonet station WY22 2.7 NW Arlington.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWalcott-A shower passing over Interstate 80 resulted in strong, gusty winds. A WYDOT sensor at Walcott Junction on Interstate 80 gusted 64 MPH.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindArlington-WYDOT sensor near Arlington along Interstate 80.
June 2025Thunderstorm Wind(Rwl)Rawlins Airport-Rawlins Airport reported two gusts of 67 mph.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWalcott-Mesonet station WY18 Halleck Ridge.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindRiverside-Mesonet station KSKL Skyline along WY-230.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindArlington-Mesonet station WY22 2.7 NW Arlington.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindArlington-Mesonet station 3 miles northwest of Arlington from a decaying thundershower.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWalcott-WYDOT mesonet station Halleck Ridge (WY18) along Interstate 80 measured maximum wind gust.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindArlington-WYDOT mesonet station Arlington (KARL) along Interstate 80 measured wind gust.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindElk Mountain-WYDOT mesonet station along Interstate 80 at Elk Mountain (WY19) reported maximum wind gust.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWalcott-WYDOT mesonet station along Interstate 80 at Halleck Ridge (WY18) measured wind gust.
July 2024Thunderstorm Wind(Rwl)Rawlins Airport-Rawlins Airport ASOS station (KRWL) measured wind gust.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWalcott-WYDOT mesonet station along Interstate 80 at Halleck Ridge (WY18) measured wind gust 7 miles northwest of Elk Mountain.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWalcott-WYDOT mesonet station along Interstate 80 at Halleck Ridge (WY18) measured wind gust 7 miles northwest of Elk Mountain.
June 2024HailOil Springs-A storm chaser reported half dollar sized hail 9 miles N of Medicine Bow.
June 2024HailMedicine Bow-A storm chaser reported 2-inch diameter hail 4 miles NE of Medicine Bow.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWalcott-A wind gust to 68 MPH was measured 7 miles NW of Elk Mountain.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindElk Mountain-WYDOT mesonet station along Interstate 80 at County Road 402 (WY20) measured wind gust 3 miles east-southeast of Elk Mountain.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindWalcott-WYDOT mesonet station along Interstate 80 at Halleck Ridge (WY18) measured wind gust 7 miles northwest of Elk Mountain.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindRiverside-WYDOT mesonet station Skyline (KSKL) along WY Highway 230 measured wind gust 12 miles east-southeast of Encampment.
August 2024Thunderstorm Wind(Rwl)Rawlins Airport-Rawlins Airport ASOS station (KRWL) measured wind gust.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindWalcott-WYDOT mesonet station Halleck Ridge (WY18) along Interstate 80 measured wind gust 7 miles northwest of Elk Mountain.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindArlington-WYDOT mesonet station along Interstate 80 at Foote Creek (WY22) measured wind gust 3 miles northwest of Arlington.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindDana Ridge-WYDOT mesonet station Dana Ridge (WY16) along Interstate 80 reported wind gust.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWalcott-WYDOT mesonet station along Interstate 80 at mile marker 249 reported wind gust.
July 2023Thunderstorm Wind(Mbw)Medicine Bow Airport-Union Pacific Railroad mesonet station MEDIC1 (UP087) measured maximum wind gust.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindArlington-WYDOT mesonet station Wagonhound (WY21) along Interstate 80 measured maximum wind gust.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindElk Mountain-WYDOT mesonet station along Interstate 80 at County Road 402 measured maximum wind gust.
July 2023Thunderstorm Wind(Rwl)Rawlins Airport-Rawlins Airport ASOS station KRWL reported maximum wind gust.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMuddy Gap-Camp Creek RAWS mesonet station reported maximum wind gust.
August 2023FloodLamont-Bairoil Gas Plant flooded and suspending operations until water can by pumped out. Nearby roadways also flooded.
August 2022Flash FloodJays Roost-Radar estimates of up to 2 inches of rainfall fell over a severely burned area of the Mullen Fire Burn Scar west and south of Rob Roy Reservoir. Evidence of debris flow with ash at A Bar A Ranch on the Mullen Creek.
August 2022Flash FloodJays Roost-Mullen Creek, Savage Run, and Cottonwood Creek all flooded with the Mullen Creek rising 3 feet near the confluence with the North Platte River near A Bar A Ranch. Heavy rain was reported higher upstream over the Mullen Fire Burn Scar Area with 1 hour rainfall accumulation near 1 inch. A Bar A Ranch measured 0.58 inches of rainfall.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindShirley Basin-Wind speed measured by the Shirley Rim Wyoming Department of Transportation sensor.
May 2021Thunderstorm Wind(Rwl)Rawlins Airport-Thunderstorm winds measured at the Rawlins Airport.
May 2021Tornado (EFU)Rawlins-Brief landspout tornado was observed with photos disseminated by Carbon County Emergency Manager south of Rawlins. According to reports by the public via social media, landspout tornado remained over open areas with no discernable damage to rank only as EFU. Given limited evidence, specific location, width, length and timing are all estimates.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindCoyote Springs-WYDOT mesonet station WY15 - Walcott Junction 14 miles east of Sinclair measured wind gust.

Mines and quarries

411 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 411 workings inside this county. 11 still produce and 400 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Uranium151
Sand and Gravel, Construction66
Copper60
Gold35
Iron22
Stone, Crushed/Broken7
Gypsum-Anhydrite7
Bentonite5
Kyanite5
Mica5
Marble, Dimension5
Lead5
Silver, Gold4
Silver4

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ak-Sar-Ben GroupManganese, IronProspect
Albion MineSilver, Copper, Lead, Gold, ZincOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Chalcocite, Bornite, Galena
Baggot RocksVermiculite, CorundumPast Producer1937, 1941
Bell Springs CanyonDolomiteUnknown
Big Creek DistrictGold, Copper, REEPast Producer
Boden PlacerDiamondProspect1977
Bridger MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Selenium, Nickel, TelluriumPast Producer1876
Broadway MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper, PGEPast Producer1904
Carlton, Big Chief, Pinyon and Pardelco ClaimsKyanite, Vermiculite, MicaPast ProducerKyanite
Cherry Creek ProspectCopper, Thorium, Sulfur-Pyrite, TungstenProspectAllanite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Scheelite
Colorado Belle GroupSilver, Copper, Manganese, Zinc, GoldUnknown
Cooper Hill DistrictGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast ProducerPyrite, Chalcopyrite, Chalcocite, Galena, Polybasite, Gold, Malachite, Cerrusite, Limonite, Bornite, Chrysocolla
Creede ProspectCopper, Iron, Nickel, CobaltOccurrenceMagnetite, Pyrrhotite, Chalcopyrite
Doane-Rambler Mine (including Rex Mine)Silver, Gold, Copper, Cobalt, UraniumPast Producerstratabound
Encampment DistrictCopper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Express Lode copper propertyCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverOccurrence1902
GertrudeCopper, Iron, GoldPast ProducerVein
Gold Coin ProspectCopper, Lead, GoldOccurrenceGalena, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Silver
Heath Peak claims nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4GraphiteProspect
King ClaimsUranium, REE, ThoriumOccurrence
Kurtz-Chatterton MineGold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerChalcocite, Chalcopyrite
Leighton-Gentry MineCopper, Cobalt, NickelPast ProducerPyrite, Pyrrhotite, Chalcopyrite
Little Man MineUranium, Graphite, Copper, MolybdenumPast ProducerUraninite, Uranophane, Kasolite
Lone Fisherman No. 1 LodeGold, Silver, CopperProspect1905
Meta MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper, Barium-Barite, IronPast Producer1905
North Fork GroupSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, IronProspect1906
Platt MineREE, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), UraniumPast ProducerPegmatite
Poison Basin Uranium DistrictUranium, VanadiumPast Producer1954, 1963
Portland Mine and Hercules MineCopper, Palladium, Platinum, Gold, SilverProspectChalcopyrite, Chalcocite, Bornite
Rankin AreaSodium Carbonate, Sodium Sulfate, SodiumOccurrence
Rawlins AreaFire Clay (Refractory)Unknown
Saratoga Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Shawano Poison Basin MineUranium, SeleniumOccurrenceUranophane
Spanish MinesLead, Gold, Silver, Iron, CopperProspect1870
Standard Park AreaStone, Granite, DimensionOccurrence
Swanson (Lone Tree Claims)Feldspar, REE, UraniumProspectPegmatite
Swanson (Red Rocks Claims)REE, Uranium, FeldsparProspectPegmatite
Taylor ClaimCopper, Gold, BismuthOccurrenceBismutite, Bismite, Gold, Copper
Tennant PropertyCopper, Lead, Silver, GoldProspectGold, Lead, Silver, Copper
Three Forks GroupCopper, Iron, Silver, Zinc, Lead, GoldOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite, Hematite, Quartz, Cerargyrite
Unidentified Prospect areaSilver, Iron, GoldOccurrenceGold, Hematite, Silver
UnknownSodium Sulfate, Sodium CarbonateOccurrence
UnknownBerylliumProspect
UnknownLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
UnknownBarium-BariteOccurrence
UnknownThorium, REEOccurrence
UnknownTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
UnknownREE, ThoriumOccurrence
UnknownCalciumOccurrence
Unknown (and unverified)SilicaOccurrence
Unknown QuarriesStone, Crushed/Broken, Sandstone, DimensionPast Producer
Unknown SandSand and Gravel, Industrial, SilicaOccurrence
Bull LakeSodium SulfatePast ProducerMirabilite
Elk Mountain mineCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer1902
Fiddler's GreenIron, Titanium, MetalOccurrence
Island City Group ProspectCopper, Silver, Gold, IronProspectCopper, Pyrrhotite
Penn MinesGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Seminoe (black sand deposit)Iron, Titanium, MetalOccurrence
Shirley Mountains ProspectGold, SilverProspectGold, Silver
UnknownSodium SulfateProspect
UnknownSodium Carbonate, Sodium SulfateOccurrence
Unknown - Rawlins Area 1Stone, Limestone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown - Rawlins Area 3Stone, Limestone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown SandpitSandUnknown
Unknown SandpitSandUnknown
Encampment area (unnamed)GarnetOccurrence
Hidden Treasure MineCopper, Gold, IronPast ProducerVein
Hinton-Verde MineCopper, Gold, IronPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Magnetite
Mineralwod Inc MineVermiculitePast Producer
Paine DepositVermiculite, MicaPast ProducerSericite, Vermiculite
Seminoe DistrictGold, Copper, AsbestosPast Producer
Seminoe Mountains area (asbestos occurrence)AsbestosOccurrence
Silver Queen MineCopper, GoldProspectChalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite, Chrysocolla, Limonite
Sunday Morning ProspectCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Gold, Malachite
Union Asbestos and Rubber Co. DepositVermiculitePast Producer
UnknownGarnetOccurrence
UnknownGemstoneProspectJade
UnknownCopper, GarnetOccurrence
UnknownAsbestosOccurrence
UnknownGemstoneOccurrence
UnknownGemstoneOccurrenceJade
BentleyFeldsparProspect
Cody Resources (Feldspar)FeldsparPast Producer
Copper KingLead, Gold, SilverProspect
Ferris-Haggarty MineCopper, Silver, Gold, UraniumPast Producer1897
Homestake prospect groupCopper, Silver, GoldProspect1906
Itmay MineCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite
King MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Pease PlacersSilver, GoldPast ProducerPlacer
UnknownMica, FeldsparOccurrence
UnknownLead, SilverProspect
Unknown (Mineral Technology Corp)FeldsparPast Producer
Baggot Hills AreaMicaPast Producer
Como RidgeBentoniteProspect
Ferris Mountains (bentonite occurrence)BentoniteProspect
Hog Park AreaLeadOccurrenceGalena
Medicine Bow Mountains Area (marble)Marble, DimensionProspect
Pinyon ClaimsKyaniteProspect
Sage Basin areaBentoniteProspect
UnknownBentoniteOccurrence
UnknownMicaPast Producer
UnknownMarble, DimensionOccurrence
UnknownMarble, DimensionOccurrence
UnknownMarble, DimensionOccurrence
UnknownMarble, DimensionOccurrence
UnknownKyaniteOccurrence
UnknownMicaProspect
UnknownKyaniteOccurrence
Unknown (near Medicine Bow)BentonitePast ProducerBentonite
UnnamedKyaniteOccurrence
Elk Mountain gypsum areaGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Flattop Anticline AreaGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Freeze-Out Seminoe AreaGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Freezeout Hills AreaGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Freezeout-Seminoe AreaGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
The Goose EggGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Unknown (crushed stone for ballast)Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Bradley Peak Area (iron prospects)IronOccurrenceHematite, Magnetite
Charter OakCopper, IronPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Chalcocite, Bornite, Azurite
Copper Rock GroupCopper, IronProspect
D & L GroupCopper, IronOccurrenceChalcocite, Hematite
HawkeyeIron, GoldPast ProducerVein
Lorain GroupIronOccurrenceMetamorphic
Monarch Group ProspectIronOccurrencePyrrhotite
Octavia ProspectCopper, IronProspectCalcite, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite
Raven GroupCopper, IronProspect1903
Rawlins AreaIronPast ProducerHematite, Azurite
Unidentified ProspectIronProspectHematite
Unidentified ProspectIronOccurrenceHematite
Unidentified ProspectIronPast ProducerHematite
Unidentified ProspectIronProspectHematite
Unidentified ProspectIronProspectHematite
Unidentified ProspectIronOccurrenceHematite
Unidentified ProspectIronProspectHematite
UnknownIronProspect
Unknown Iron MineIronProspectpegmatite
Apex MineGoldProspect
Bonita ProspectCopper, GoldProspectMalachite, Gold
Bonita Prospect 2Copper, GoldProspect
Brush CreekGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Charlie's Glory HoleGoldProspectGold
Clara B. prospectGoldProspect
Cooper Creek aditGoldProspect
Cortez Creek placersGoldPast Producer
Deserted Treasure No. 2 MineGold, CopperPast Producer1871, 1873, 1896
Dreamland King GroupCopper, GoldOccurrenceAzurite, Malachite, Gold
Emma G. MineGoldProspect
Gold Hill DistrictGoldPast Producer
Junk Creek ProspectsCopper, GoldPast ProducerMalachite, Bornite, Chrysocolla, Chalcopyrite, Covellite
King of the Camp ProspectCopper, GoldPast ProducerHydrothermal vein
Mullison CreekGoldPast Producer
Nature's MintGoldPast ProducerVein
Purgatory Gulch minesGoldPast Producer
Richmond MineGoldPast Producer
Rip Van Winkle mineGoldProspect
Silver King prospectGoldProspect
Snake River placersGoldOccurrence
Spring Creek ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Stud Creek MineGoldProspectHydrothermal vein
Sunday Morning MineGoldPast Producer1882
Teddy Creek Gold ProspectGoldProspect
Waterloo Prospect 1Copper, GoldProspect
AzuriteCopperPast ProducerVein
Batchelder MineCopperProspectUnderground
Beaver GroupCopperOccurrence
Beulah ProspectCopperProspectReplacement
Big Blue No. 1CopperPast ProducerVein
Big Chief GroupCopperProspect
Big Creek MineCopper, UraniumPast ProducerBornite, Chalcocite, Malachite, Chrysocolla, Chalcopyrite
Boston-Wyoming Smelter and Concentrating Mill (Facility)CopperPlant
Cascade MineCopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Malachite, Azurite
Century GroupCopperProspect1908
Comstock, Homestake, and Black Gracie LodesCopperPast ProducerVein
Continental GroupCopperProspect1899
E Pluribus No. 1 LodeCopperPast ProducerPyrite, Chalcopyrite, Bornite
Hamilton GroupCopperPast Producer
Iron King ProspectCopperProspect
Jesse ProspectCopperProspect1902
Lena Shields GroupCopperOccurrence1903
Mohawk LodeCopperProspect1903
Mohawk Prospect 1CopperProspect1903
Newton GroupCopperProspect1906
Rambler MineCopperPast Producerstratabound
Syndicate PropertyCopperProspect1905
Umslopagus GroupCopperOccurrenceReplacement (?)
UnknownCopperProspectBornite, Chalcopyrite
UnknownCopperProspect
UnknownCopperProspectMalachite, Azurite
UnknownCopperProspecthydrothermal vein
UnknownCopperOccurrencevein
UnknownCopperProspect
UnknownCopperOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectCopperProspectHydrothermal vein
BLMSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
BrokawSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
BucholzSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
CobbSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Corson WilsonSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fort Steele PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ft. Steele PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
HewardSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
JaureSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lonesome Fox CorpSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Martinez Max Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Miller PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Peterson LivestockSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Randy StevensSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rawlins Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rawlins Sand and Gravel B.L.M. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rock River State PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Schmid OilfieldSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Seahorn Brothers Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Southern Cross RanchSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
State PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Toothacher PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Borrow PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Borrow PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
WYUTESand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
WeberSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Wood Mountain CrushingSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wyoming Highway Dept.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
2 D PitUraniumPast Producer
A #1 ClaimUraniumOccurrence
A Ore BodyUraniumProspect
A-B ClaimsUraniumOccurrenceMarcasite, Pyrite, Uraninite
Aec Airb Anom #6 Martha #7 ClaimsUraniumUnknown
Ajo ClaimsUraniumPast ProducerTyuyamunite
Alpha Claim GroupUraniumProspect
Arbob #4&5 ClaimsUraniumProspect
Arbob ClaimsUraniumUnknown
Arbob PitUraniumOccurrence
Bald KnobUraniumPast Producer
Beaver #1 ClaimUraniumOccurrence
Beckey LodeUraniumOccurrence
Beckey Lynn ClaimUraniumOccurrenceUranopilite, Schoepite, Becquerelite
Becky Lynn ClaimUraniumUnknown
Big Bug ClaimUraniumUnknown
Big Smith No 1UraniumProspect
Brook DepositUraniumOccurrence
Canyon Claims #1UraniumProspect
Cedar Hills 1-12UraniumPast ProducerLiebigite, Coffinite, Rutherfordine
Charlie Claim GroupUraniumProspect
Chim ClaimsUraniumProspect1954
Chimney RockUraniumOccurrenceTyuyamunite, Metatyuyamunite
Chimney Rock ClaimUraniumOccurrenceCarnotite
Cloudy Group ClaimsUraniumPast ProducerTorbernite
County Line ClaimsUraniumProspect
Cresent Uranium GroupUraniumOccurrence
Dee #1 ClaimUraniumOccurrence
Del OroUraniumPast Producer
Del Oro #2 ClaimUraniumPast Producer
Del Oro #6UraniumPast Producer
Discovery LocationUraniumUnknown
Doozle #3UraniumProspect
Dry CreekUraniumUnknown
E Ore BodyUraniumProspect
Elk #1 ClaimUraniumOccurrence
Fee Land School Section, LeaseUraniumProspect
Friday Claim GroupUraniumProspect
Gafco ClaimUraniumProspect
Getty Oil's Boundary OverstrippingUraniumProspect
Hard HeadUraniumProspectPegmatite
Hurda Group ClaimsUraniumProspect
Ivory UraniumUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
Jack Rabbit GroupUraniumPast Producer
Jenie Claim #1UraniumProspect
Jenkins ProjectUraniumPast Producer
Jim ClaimsUraniumProspect
Juniper Ridge Uranium ProjectUraniumProspect
Ketchum ButteUraniumPast Producer1954, 1955
Ketchum Buttes Uranium DistrictUraniumPast ProducerUranophane
Little Buck ClaimsUraniumUnknown
Lucky Annie ClaimsUraniumOccurrenceTyuyamunite, Metatyuyamunite
Lucky Strike ClaimsUraniumProspect
Martha ClaimsUraniumUnknown
Medicine Bow RimUraniumUnknown
Miller Hill areaUraniumPast ProducerUranophane
MurphyUraniumPast Producer
Nall LeaseUraniumPast Producer
Norb ClaimsUraniumProspect
North Walker MineUraniumPast ProducerRoll-front Uranium
Nu-Hot Spot No 7 Claim.UraniumUnknown
Nw Ore BodyUraniumProspect
Omega Claim GroupUraniumProspect
Petrotomics Mill (Facility)UraniumPast Producer
Petrotomics MineUraniumPast Producer1957, 1960
Pit #1UraniumPast Producer
Pit #10UraniumPast Producer
Pit #11UraniumPast Producer
Pit #2UraniumPast Producer
Pit #3UraniumPast Producer
Pit #4, 4a, and 4bUraniumPast Producer
Pit #5UraniumPast Producer
Pit #6UraniumPast Producer
Pit #8 and #8aUraniumPast Producer
Pit #9UraniumPast Producer
Poison Basin Claim GroupUraniumPast ProducerCarnotite, Uraninite, Coffinite, Uranophane
Prospect InclineUraniumUnknown
Red Hat ClaimsUraniumProspect
Red Rim PropertyUraniumProspectroll-front
Rock Creek UraniumUraniumUnknown
Rocky GapUraniumUnknown
S. Mcmar Claim GroupUraniumProspect
School SectionUraniumProspect
Seminoe DamUraniumUnknown
Shirley Basin Concentrator (Facility)UraniumPast Producer
Shirley Basin MineUraniumPast Producerroll-front uranium
Shirley Basin Uranium DistrictUraniumPast Producer1955
Shirley No. 22UraniumOccurrence
Siwash ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
Six Mile HillUraniumUnknown
Snipper ClaimsUraniumProspect
South Walker-SullivanUraniumPast Producer
Sullivan MineUraniumPast Producer
Sunset Claim #1UraniumProspect
Sx #1 ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
Terry Dean ClaimsUraniumUnknown
Teton GroupUraniumPast Producer
TitanUraniumPast Producer
Titon and Old GoldUraniumPast Producer
Tsg No 1 PitUraniumPast Producer
Unidentified OccurrenceUraniumOccurrenceHeulandite, Zeolite
Union Pacific ProspectUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrenceHeulandite, Zeolite
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumUnknown
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumUnknown
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumPast Producer
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumProspect
UnknownUraniumUnknown
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumPast Producer
UnknownUraniumProspect
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumProspect
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumUnknown
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumPast Producer
Unknown-AUraniumOccurrence
Unknown-BUraniumOccurrence
Western-Standard PropertyUraniumPast Producer
Wyoming StateUraniumUnknown

Every populated place in the county

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Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

The vanished settlements of Carbon County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.