Sweetwater County, Wyoming

112 topographic sheets cover 48 settlements here, and 28 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

28 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

Sweetwater County within Wyoming

What the record shows

437 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
28 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 19 buildings, 5 sites, 2 structures and 2 districts.
4 of the 28 listings were added during the 1970s.
The Geographic Names Information System records 48 populated places in this county; 48 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

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

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
130 E Flaming Gorge Way	building	2009	08001306
Bairoil Town Hall	building	2015	15000858
City Hall	building	1980	80004053
ETD Bridge over Green River	structure	1985	85000439
ETR Big Island Bridge	structure	1985	85000440
Expedition Island	site	1968	68000056
First National Bank Building	building	1980	80004054
Granger Station	site	1970	70000678
Gras House	building	1986	86000355
Green River Downtown Historic District	district	2009	08001306
Morris House	building	2023	100009187
Our Lady Sorrows Catholic Church	building	1997	97001326
Outlaw Inn	building	2018	100003142
Parting of the Ways	site	1976	76001962
Point of Rocks Stage Station	site	1970	70000679
Red Rock	site	1978	78002832
Reliance School and Gymnasium	building	1988	87002303
Reliance Tipple	building	1991	91000619
Rock Springs Elks' Lodge No. 624	building	1993	93001383
Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church and Rectory	building	2015	15000929
Slovenski Dom	building	1997	97001601
South Superior Union Hall	building	1983	83004305
Elinore Pruitt Stewart Homestead	building	1985	85000871
Sweetwater Brewery	building	1982	82001838
Taliaferro House	building	1998	98000909
US Post Office-Green River	building	1997	97001535
Vienna Saloon	building	1994	93001492
Wardell Court Historic Residential District	district	1997	96001630

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,580 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,580 of them, burning about 137,584 acres. 892 started naturally and 7 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Natural	892
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	330
Fireworks	97
Equipment and vehicle use	80
Railroad operations and maintenance	53
Recreation and ceremony	38
Power generation/transmission/distribution	24
Debris and open burning	22
Misuse of fire by a minor	20
Smoking	11
Arson/incendiarism	7
Other causes	3
Firearms and explosives use	3

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

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
3 July 2000	Natural	36,700 acres	Rock Springs Field Office	WLD HORSE
11 August 2000	Natural	36,645 acres	Rock Springs Field Office	SHEEP MT
23 July 2002	Natural	13,200 acres	Rock Springs Field Office	PEPPER
28 July 2018	Natural	13,198 acres	Rock Springs Field Office	LANEY RIM
3 August 2020	Natural	7,632 acres	Wyoming State Forestry (CPC Area)	RICHARD MTN
28 July 2018	Natural	4,341 acres	Rock Springs Field Office	BLACK BUTTE
3 July 2000	Natural	2,550 acres	Rock Springs Field Office	BLACK BUTE
26 July 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2,487 acres	Rock Springs Field Office	BITTERCREEK

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

Storms, 1957 to 2025

60 of 184 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 184 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 12 injuries and about $2,371,030 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Thunderstorm Wind	115
Tornado	26
Hail	13
Funnel Cloud	11
Flash Flood	8
Wildfire	5
Flood	4
Dust Devil	1
Lightning	1

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

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Rock Spgs	10 hurt	no account filed
May 2014	Lightning	Reliance	1 hurt	A 31-year-old man was injured when lightning struck him on the practice putting green at White Mountain Golf Course on the north side of Rock Springs. A witness to the incident was able to revive the man with CPR and a defibrillator.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Rock Spgs	1 hurt	no account filed
July 2021	Flash Flood	Blairtown	$750,000	Runoff from higher desert terrain and rain falling on an urbanized landscape led to flash flooding across western portions of Rock Springs.
April 2009	Hail	Red Desert	$700,000	Golf ball sized hail fell along Interstate 80 from nine miles west of Wamsutter to Wamsutter.
April 2002	Wildfire	Superior	$261,000	no account filed
July 2015	Flash Flood	Blairtown	$250,000	A second straight day of drenching thunderstorms brought widespread flash flooding throughout the city of Rock Springs. Many businesses and residential basements were flooded. In addition, numerous cars were stranded in flood waters both on city streets and in large parking lots.
August 2007	Flash Flood	Green River	$250,000	no account filed
April 2000	Tornado (F1)	James Town	$30,000	no account filed
August 2007	Flash Flood	Thayer Jct	$25,000	no account filed
June 1974	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
July 2015	Flash Flood	Rock Spgs	$20,000	The Rock Springs Police Department reported flooding in a trailer park on 9th Street near the South Side Belt Route. Up to 3 feet of water collected in low-lying areas of the park and displaced some residents before the water receded shortly after 2100MST. Several media outlets shared pictures of street flooding in and around downtown Rock Springs.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Reliance	$15,000	A large roof section was torn from a home in the small community of Reliance north of Rock Springs. Strong wind also toppled a utility pole and did damage to a nearby fence. Weak convection was responsible for the wind gust, as there was no thunderstorm in the area.
April 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Wamsutter	$15,000	Power lines were downed and at least one home under construction was damaged in Wamsutter by strong thunderstorm wind.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Blairtown	$10,000	A light residential trailer was blown over and knocked into a car on the north side of Rock Springs. The strong wind also dropped large tree limbs and caused damage to a power pole in downtown Rock Springs.
September 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	not stated	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds downed power lines at Jamestown. Jamestown is 17 miles west of Rock Springs.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Rock Spgs	$5,000	Microburst winds caused damage in a broad area of central Rock Springs just prior to 2200MST. Siding was torn from the side of one home, another had an exterior door and window broken, and there were numerous reports of broken tree limbs.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Green River	$3,000	Several power poles were reported down west-northwest of Green River toward State Highway 372. The wind gusts were associated with weak convection and not a thunderstorm.
May 2017	Tornado (EF0)	Table Rock	$1,000	There were numerous reports of a tornado just north of Interstate 80. The tornado lifted and touched down numerous times as it moved eastward. A motor home had it's windshield blown out by strong winds, and an 84 mph wind gust was reported at the weather sensor near Tipton.
May 2008	Dust Devil	Riview	$1,000	A dust devil tore down parts of two fences in a residential area in Jamestown near Green River. Tin roofing from a barn was wrapped around a power pole as a result of the dust devil.
June 1982	Tornado (F0)	not stated	$30	no account filed
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Farson	-	The WYDOT weather sensor at Farson reported wind gusts as high as 70 mph.
July 2025	Tornado (EF0)	Farson	-	The public reported a landspout tornado to the north of Highway 28 to the west of Farson, including a picture of the tornado in contact with the ground. The tornado remained over open country and caused no known damage.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	(Rks)Rock Spgs Arpt	-	Measured gust of 66 mph.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	(Rks)Rock Spgs Arpt	-	A 63 mph wind gust was recorded at the Rock Springs airport from an outflow boundary.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	(Rks)Rock Spgs Arpt	-	A 59 mph wind gust was recorded at the Rock Springs airport.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	(Rks)Rock Spgs Arpt	-	A 60 mph wind gust was reported at the Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport near Rock Springs.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Green River	-	The wind sensor along Interstate 80 in Green River reported wind gusts to 59 mph.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Farson	-	A 59 mph wind gust was reported at Farson.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	(Rks)Rock Spgs Arpt	-	A second round of thunderstorms moved across Sweetwater County and brought another round of strong wind gusts. A maximum wind gust of 62 mph occurred at the Sweetwater County airport.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	(Rks)Rock Spgs Arpt	-	A maximum wind gust of 62 mph occurred at the Sweetwater County airport.
May 2023	Hail	Winton Jct	-	The public reported quarter size hail to the northwest of Rock Springs.
June 2023	Tornado (EFU)	Granger	-	Video from the public showed a narrow rope-shaped tornado northeast of Granger. The tornado touched down over open country, and caused no known damage. A rating of EFU was assigned because the brief tornado traversed land lacking damage indicators such as trees structures.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	(Rks)Rock Spgs Arpt	-	A 66 mph wind gust was reported at the Rock Springs Airport.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Continental Divde Ar	-	A 58 mph wind gust was reported near Wamsutter along Interstate 80.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	(Rks)Rock Spgs Arpt	-	A wind gust of 59 mph was reported at the Sweetwater County Airport near Rock Springs, WY.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	(Rks)Rock Spgs Arpt	-	A 58 mph wind gust was measured by ASOS at Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport.
July 2021	Flash Flood	Blairtown	-	Heavy rain and runoff from higher desert landscape produced flash flooding in sections of Rock Springs that had seen similar conditions on July 28.
September 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	(Rks)Rock Spgs Arpt	-	The ASOS at the Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport reported a peak wind gust of 68 mph.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	(Rks)Rock Spgs Arpt	-	Severe thunderstorms winds occurred at the Sweetwater County airport. The strongest wind gust was 59 mph.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	(Rks)Rock Spgs Arpt	-	A 62 mph wind gust was reported at the Sweetwater County airport near Rock Springs, Wyoming.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	(Rks)Rock Spgs Arpt	-	Very strong winds occurred as thunderstorms moved east of Rock Springs. The strongest wind gust recorded was 78 mph at the Sweetwater County Airport.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Bitter Creek	-	The wind sensor along Bitter Creek along Interstate 80 reported several wind gusts over 60 mph. The highest wind gust reported was 62 mph.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Rock Spgs	-	The RAWS site at Snow Springs, Wyoming had a maximum wind gust of 67 mph.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	(Rks)Rock Spgs Arpt	-	Severe thunderstorm wind gusts occurred at the Rock Springs, Wyoming airport. The maximum wind gust reported was 68 mph.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Monell	-	The weather sensor at Bitter Creek along Interstate 80 had a wind gust to 76 mph.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Bitter Creek	-	Several wind gusts over 58 mph were recorded at Bitter Creek along Interstate 80. The highest recorded gust was 78 mph.
May 2018	Tornado (EF0)	Granger	-	A tornado near Granger was well photographed by the general public and reported on local media. The tornado remained over open country and caused no damage.
May 2018	Flash Flood	Bairoil	-	Flooding was reported in rural eastern Sweetwater County. No damage was reported.
May 2018	Hail	Wamsutter	-	Quarter size hail was reported at a truck stop in Wamsutter.
March 2017	Flood	Granger	-	The emergency manager reported flooding along the Blacks Fork River near Granger and Little American. A mobile home park along the river was evacuated for 2 days but little or no damage was reported.
June 2016	Hail	Green River	-	There were numerous reports of one inch diameter hail across Green River and Rock Springs. Trees were stripped of leaves and the hail accumulated on the ground to a depth of a couple of inches.
October 2016	Funnel Cloud	Monell	-	A rope funnel cloud was photographed over the higher terrain near Table Rock south of Interstate 80.
September 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	(Rks)Rock Spgs Arpt	-	The ASOS at Rock Springs-Sweetwater County Airport registered a peak wind gust of 59 mph from outflow generated by storms passing to the south and east of the airport.
July 2015	Tornado (EF0)	Red Desert	-	A tornado was witnessed just north of Interstate 80 between Tipton and Red Desert Roads to the west of Wamsutter. The touchdown was very brief and the tornado remained over open country producing no damage.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	(Rks)Rock Spgs Arpt	-	The ASOS at the Rock Springs-Sweetwater County Airport registered a thunderstorm wind gust of 64 mph.
September 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	(Rks)Rock Spgs Arpt	-	A wind gust to 60 mph was measured by the ASOS at the Rock Springs-Sweetwater County Airport.
May 2014	Tornado (EF0)	Eden	-	A weak tornado was photographed south of Eden just to the west of US Highway 191. No damage was reported and the tornado did not cross the highway. At least one other reporting party witnessed the tornado.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	(Rks)Rock Spgs Arpt	-	The ASOS at the Rock Springs-Sweetwater County Airport registered a wind gust to 61 mph at 1336MST.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	North Baxter	-	Outflow triggered a measured 61 mph wind gust at an automated weather sensor near the Baxter Road exit on Interstate 80.

Mines and quarries

439 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 439 workings inside this county. 35 still produce and 404 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction	182
Uranium	152
Sodium	35
Potassium, Potash	17
Stone, Crushed/Broken	12
Silica	10
Sodium Sulfate, Sodium Carbonate	5
Soda Ash, Sodium Carbonate	4
Thorium, Zirconium, Iron, Titanium, Metal	3
Oil Shale, Halite	3
Sodium Carbonate	3
Zeolites	3
Titanium-Heavy Minerals	2
Thorium, Zirconium, Iron	2

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

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Aspen Mountain	Aluminum, Kaolin, Potassium	Occurrence	1957
Black Rock Mesa	Potassium	Prospect
FMC Granger Mine	Soda Ash, Sodium, Sodium Carbonate, Oil Shale, Halite	Producer	1938
Green River trona deposit	Sodium, Soda Ash, Sodium Carbonate	Producer	1938, 1953
Murphy No. 1 Claim	Zirconium, Thorium, Iron, Titanium, Metal	Occurrence
Red Creek	Titanium, Thorium, Zirconium, Iron	Occurrence
Salt Wells Creek	Titanium-Heavy Minerals, Iron, Thorium, Zirconium	Occurrence	1955
Unknown	Clay	Occurrence
Unknown (east of Boar's Tusk)	Sodium Carbonate, Sodium Sulfate	Prospect
Westvaco Mine and Plant (FMC)	Soda Ash, Sodium Carbonate, Oil Shale	Producer	1938, 1952
Yenke	Iron, Zirconium, Titanium, Metal, Thorium	Occurrence
Zalenka	Iron, Titanium, Metal, Thorium, Zirconium	Occurrence
Black Butte Creek	Titanium-Heavy Minerals, Thorium, Zirconium, Iron	Occurrence	1954
Pine Mountain area	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Prospect
Rock Springs Phos-Acid Plant (Facility)	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Plant	1986
Spring Butte	Sodium Carbonate, Sodium Sulfate, Sodium	Occurrence
Unknown	Pumice	Prospect
Unknown	Pumice	Unknown
Unknown (Black Rock Creek area)	Sodium Carbonate, Sodium Sulfate, Potassium, Potash	Prospect
General Chemical Corp. Trona Mine and Plant	Soda Ash, Sodium Carbonate, Oil Shale, Halite	Producer	1938
John Hay, Jr., Well No. 1	Sodium Carbonate	Prospect	1938
Murphy No. 2 Claim	Thorium, Zirconium, Iron, Titanium, Metal	Occurrence
OCI	Soda Ash, Sodium Carbonate, Oil Shale, Halite	Producer	1938, 1962
Sweetwater	Zeolites	Occurrence	Clinoptilolite
Union Pacific No. 1	Thorium, Zirconium, Iron, Titanium, Metal	Occurrence
Union Pacific No. 2	Thorium, Zirconium, Iron, Titanium, Metal	Occurrence
Unknown	Zeolites	Occurrence
Washakie Basin: Washakie Fm	Zeolites	Occurrence
Western Alkali Company wells	Sodium Carbonate	Past Producer	Trona
Solvay	Soda Ash, Sodium Carbonate	Producer	Evaporite
Unknown	Sodium Sulfate, Sodium Carbonate	Occurrence
Unknown	Sodium Sulfate, Sodium Carbonate	Prospect
Unknown	Sodium Sulfate, Sodium Carbonate, Sodium	Occurrence
Unknown	Sodium Sulfate, Sodium Carbonate, Sodium	Occurrence
Unknown (Alkali Basin Area)	Sodium Sulfate, Sodium Carbonate	Occurrence
State Highway Department Gravel Pit	Silica	Producer
State Highway Department Gravel Pit	Silica	Producer
State Highway Dept	Silica	Producer
State Highway Dept	Silica	Producer
State Highway Dept	Silica	Producer
State Highway Dept	Silica	Unknown
State Highway Dept	Silica	Producer
State Highway Dept	Silica	Producer
State Highway Dept	Silica	Producer
State Highway Dept	Silica	Producer
State Highway Department ledge rock quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
State Highway Department ledge rock quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
State Highway Department ledge rock quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
State Highway Department ledge rock quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
State Highway Department ledge rock quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
State Highway Department ledge rock quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
State Highway Department ledge rock quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Prospect
Unknown (Commercial gravel pit or aggregate operation)	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Badgers Teeth	Potassium, Potash	Prospect	Leucite
Boar's Tusk	Potassium, Potash	Prospect	Leucite
Cross Mesa	Potassium, Potash	Prospect	Leucite
Emmon's Cone	Potassium, Potash	Prospect	Leucite
Endlich and Hague Hills	Potassium, Potash	Prospect	Leucite
Hallock, Iddings and Weed Buttes	Potassium, Potash	Prospect	Leucite
Hatcher Mesa	Potassium, Potash	Prospect	Leucite
Mathews Hill	Potassium, Potash	Prospect	Leucite
North Table Mountain	Potassium, Potash	Prospect	Leucite
Orenda Mesa	Potassium, Potash	Prospect
Osborn Mesa	Potassium, Potash	Prospect	Leucite
Pilot Butte	Potassium, Potash	Prospect	Leucite
South Table Mountain	Potassium, Potash	Prospect	Leucite
Steamboat Mountain	Potassium, Potash	Prospect
Table Mountain	Potassium, Potash	Prospect	Leucite
Zirkel Mesa	Potassium, Potash	Prospect	Leucite
Big Island No. 12 drill hole (Stauffer Chem Co,)	Sodium	Prospect
Diamond Alkali Co., Butler Well No. 1	Sodium	Prospect	Trona
Diamond Alkali Co., Finley No. 2	Sodium	Prospect	Trona
Diamond Alkali Co., No. 1	Sodium	Prospect	Trona
Diamond Alkali Co., No. 3	Sodium	Prospect	Trona
Diamond Alkali Co., Sturm No. 1	Sodium	Prospect	Trona
Granger No. 2 drill hole	Sodium	Prospect	Trona
Marston Shaft No 1	Sodium	Prospect	Trona
Perkins No. 1 (drill hole)	Sodium	Prospect	Trona
Perkins No. 2 (drill hole)	Sodium	Prospect	Trona
Phillips Petroleum, Cedar Mtn. No. 1	Sodium	Prospect	Trona
Potash Company of America Well No. 1	Sodium	Prospect	1949
Potash Company of America Well No. 2	Sodium	Prospect	1950
Union Pacific Well No. 1	Sodium	Prospect	1940
Union Pacific Well No. 2	Sodium	Prospect	1940
Union Pacific Well No. 3	Sodium	Prospect	1942
Union Pacific Well No. 4	Sodium	Prospect	1942
Unknown	Sodium	Occurrence
Unknown	Sodium	Occurrence
Westvaco Well No. 1	Sodium	Prospect	1944
Westvaco Well No. 10	Sodium	Prospect	1955
Westvaco Well No. 11	Sodium	Prospect	1955
Westvaco Well No. 12	Sodium	Prospect	1956
Westvaco Well No. 13	Sodium	Prospect	1956
Westvaco Well No. 2	Sodium	Prospect	1945
Westvaco Well No. 3	Sodium	Prospect	1946
Westvaco Well No. 4	Sodium	Prospect	1948
Westvaco Well No. 5	Sodium	Prospect	1954
Westvaco Well No. 6	Sodium	Prospect	1954
Westvaco Well No. 7	Sodium	Prospect	1954
Westvaco Well No. 8	Sodium	Prospect	1954
Westvaco Well No. 9	Sodium	Prospect	1954
Anomaly No. B-16-2	Uranium	Occurrence
Anomaly No. B-16-3	Uranium	Occurrence
Bab	Uranium	Unknown
Big T	Uranium	Occurrence
Black Eagle	Uranium	Unknown
Bob	Uranium	Unknown
C & L Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Continental Divide	Uranium	Prospect
Cox	Uranium	Prospect
Diehl	Uranium	Unknown
ENQ	Uranium	Prospect
Emily	Uranium	Unknown
Five Mile Ditch	Uranium	Unknown
Gamma Ray	Uranium	Unknown
Great Divide Basin Uranium District	Uranium	Producer
Green River	Uranium	Unknown
Hays	Uranium	Prospect
Hopefull	Uranium	Occurrence
Indian	Uranium	Unknown
Iris	Uranium	Unknown
Jabcig	Uranium	Unknown
Jayhawk	Uranium	Unknown
John Group Claim	Uranium	Prospect
Little Kay	Uranium	Unknown
Little Mountain	Uranium	Unknown
Lone Wolf	Uranium	Past Producer
Lost Creek Claims	Uranium	Occurrence
Lost Creek In-Situ Recovery Project	Uranium	Producer	Underground
Lost Creek shroeckingerite deposit	Uranium	Occurrence	Schrockingerite
Lost Soldier	Uranium	Prospect
Lucky Turk	Uranium	Past Producer	Roll front
Merrimac	Uranium	Occurrence
Minnie Mccormick and Associates	Uranium	Occurrence
Mud No. 1 and No. 2 Claims	Uranium	Occurrence
Paintpot Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Pedro Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Pine Claim	Uranium	Unknown
REB	Uranium	Prospect
Red Desert Project	Uranium	Past Producer
Red Jeep No 1	Uranium	Occurrence
Sage Creek	Uranium	Unknown
Sand Rock Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Sandy No. 1	Uranium	Unknown
Sandy No. 2	Uranium	Prospect
Sourdough Butte	Uranium	Prospect
Sourdough Gulch	Uranium	Prospect
Spirit, Uinta, Indian, Paintpot	Uranium	Occurrence
Star Nos. 5 and 6	Uranium	Prospect
State School #1	Uranium	Past Producer
State School No. 2	Uranium	Prospect
Superior	Uranium	Occurrence
Sweetwater Mill and Mine	Uranium	Past Producer	Uranophane
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence	Placer
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence	Placer
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence
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Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence	Uranophane
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Unknown-No. 1	Uranium	Occurrence
Valley View	Uranium	Unknown
Wasatch Claims	Uranium	Producer
Wycal	Uranium	Unknown
Yellow Rose #1	Uranium	Occurrence	Uranophane
Yellow Rose #2	Uranium	Occurrence
Yore No. 23	Uranium	Prospect
Acme Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Applequist	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Arrowhead	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
BLM	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Bar X Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Creston Pit #8	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
DeBernardi Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Granger	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Granger Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Green River Pit & Plant Layos	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Layos	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Layos #3	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Leucite Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Luman Butte	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Procarione	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
South Moxa Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
State Highway Department Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
State Highway Department Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Gravel Pit (unreliable or mislocated)	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Stratton and Stratton Sheep	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Stratton/Anadarko	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Swan S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Borrow Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Sand and Gravel pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Vermillion Ranch	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Whiskey Butte	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Wylie	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every populated place in the county

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.

Arrowhead Springs

Rock Springs South census division · 82901 · Rock Springs quadrangle

13 sheets, 1908 to 1981
Bairoil

Wamsutter census division · 82322 · On Reed Creek · Bairoil quadrangle

8 sheets, 1955 to 1988
Bitter Creek

Rock Springs South census division · Near Patrick Draw · Bitter Creek quadrangle

7 sheets, 1954 to 1980
Blairtown

Rock Springs North census division · 82901 · On Sweetwater Creek · Rock Springs quadrangle

13 sheets, 1908 to 1981
Bryan

Green River North census division · Bryan quadrangle

9 sheets, 1954 to 1981
Burntfork

Green River South census division · 82938 · On Burnt Fork · Burntfork quadrangle

8 sheets, 1954 to 1980
Clearview Acres

Rock Springs North census division · 82901 · On Little Bitter Creek · Kanda quadrangle

8 sheets, 1954 to 1981
Creston

Wamsutter census division · Creston quadrangle

10 sheets, 1954 to 1988
Creston Junction

Wamsutter census division · 82301 · Creston Junction quadrangle

10 sheets, 1954 to 1988
Dines

Rock Springs North census division · 82943 · Reliance quadrangle

11 sheets, 1908 to 1981

No longer a settlement
Eden

Rock Springs North census division · 82932 · Farson quadrangle

8 sheets, 1955 to 1980
Farson

Rock Springs North census division · 82932 · On Little Sandy Creek · Farson quadrangle

8 sheets, 1955 to 1980
Fort LaClede

Wamsutter census division · Near Iron Pipe Draw · Fort La Clede quadrangle

6 sheets, 1954 to 1970

No longer a settlement
Granger

Green River North census division · 82934 · On Hams Fork · Granger quadrangle

8 sheets, 1954 to 1981
Granger Junction

Green River North census division · Granger quadrangle

8 sheets, 1954 to 1981
Green River

Green River North census division · 82935 · Near Telephone Canyon · Green River quadrangle

10 sheets, 1954 to 1981
Greenhough Place

Rock Springs South census division · Near Greenhough Flats · Richards Gap quadrangle

10 sheets, 1954 to 1980
J O Junction

Wamsutter census division · Table Rock quadrangle

7 sheets, 1954 to 1980
James Town

Green River North census division · 82935 · Near Greasewood Canyon · Peru quadrangle

9 sheets, 1954 to 1981
Kanda

Green River North census division · 82901 · Kanda quadrangle

8 sheets, 1954 to 1981
Little America

Green River North census division · 82929 · Little America quadrangle

8 sheets, 1954 to 1981
McKinnon

Green River South census division · 82938 · McKinnon quadrangle

9 sheets, 1954 to 1980
Monell

Wamsutter census division · 82901 · Table Rock quadrangle

7 sheets, 1954 to 1980
North Rock Springs

Rock Springs North census division · 82901 · Pilot Butte quadrangle

9 sheets, 1954 to 1981
Petes Place

Rock Springs South census division · 82901 · Near Pine Mountain · Red Creek Ranch quadrangle

9 sheets, 1954 to 1980
Point of Rocks

Rock Springs North census division · On Deadman Wash · Point of Rocks quadrangle

8 sheets, 1954 to 1980
Purple Sage

Green River North census division · 82901 · Kanda quadrangle

8 sheets, 1954 to 1981
Quealy

Rock Springs North census division · 82901 · Rock Springs quadrangle

13 sheets, 1908 to 1981
Red Desert

Wamsutter census division · 82336 · Red Desert quadrangle

8 sheets, 1954 to 1980
Reliance

Rock Springs North census division · 82943 · Reliance quadrangle

11 sheets, 1908 to 1981
Rendezvous

Green River South census division · On Birch Creek · McKinnon quadrangle

9 sheets, 1954 to 1980
Riner

Wamsutter census division · 82301 · Riner quadrangle

10 sheets, 1954 to 1988
Riovista

Green River North census division · 82935 · Near Greasewood Canyon · Peru quadrangle

9 sheets, 1954 to 1981
Robinson

Wamsutter census division · Tipton quadrangle

7 sheets, 1954 to 1980
Rock Springs

Rock Springs North census division · 82901 · On Killpecker Creek · Rock Springs quadrangle

13 sheets, 1908 to 1981
Rocky Crossing

Wamsutter census division · Bush Lake quadrangle

10 sheets, 1955 to 1989
Salt Wells

Rock Springs South census division · 82901 · On Black Butte Creek · Thayer Junction quadrangle

8 sheets, 1954 to 1980
South Baxter

Rock Springs South census division · 82901 · Near East Draw · South Baxter quadrangle

9 sheets, 1954 to 1980
South Superior

Rock Springs North census division · 82945 · South Superior quadrangle

10 sheets, 1954 to 1986
Squaw Hollow

Green River South census division · 82938 · Near Nahguch Hollow · Haystack Buttes North quadrangle

10 sheets, 1954 to 1996

No longer a settlement
Stansbury

Rock Springs North census division · 82943 · Reliance quadrangle

11 sheets, 1908 to 1981
Sweeney Ranch

Rock Springs South census division · 82901 · Lion Bluffs quadrangle

9 sheets, 1954 to 1980
Table Rock

Wamsutter census division · 82901 · Table Rock quadrangle

7 sheets, 1954 to 1980
Thayer Junction

Rock Springs South census division · 82901 · Near Horsethief Canyon · Thayer Junction quadrangle

8 sheets, 1954 to 1980
Tipton

Wamsutter census division · Tipton quadrangle

7 sheets, 1954 to 1980
Wamsutter

Wamsutter census division · 82336 · Wamsutter quadrangle

11 sheets, 1954 to 1988
Washam

Green River South census division · 82938 · Antelope Wash quadrangle

9 sheets, 1954 to 1980
Winton

Rock Springs North census division · Reliance quadrangle

11 sheets, 1908 to 1981

No longer a settlement

The vanished settlements of Sweetwater 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.