Airport Road, Wyoming
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Worland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82401. It lies near Sand Knoll Draw. The Survey maps it on the Banjo Flats West quadrangle. 297 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 4,121 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1955 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Banjo Flats West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Nowater Creek quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
334 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 334 fires within 5 miles of Airport Road between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,246 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 131 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 108 |
| Debris and open burning | 50 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2017 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Washakie County | 1291 AIRPORT |
| 2 September 2017 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Washakie County | SAGE CROSSING |
| 19 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Washakie County | 20-144 |
| 13 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washakie County | SOUTH FLAT 137 FIRE |
| 12 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washakie County | 1563 JIMS PATH |
| 1 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washakie County | 2020-160 |
| 6 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Worland Field Office | SAND KNOLL |
| 5 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | 13-00134 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Airport Road: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentonite Mine | Bentonite | Producer | ||
| Worland Betonite Mill | Clay | Producer | ||
| Gee | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Howard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mccormac Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| State Mat Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worland | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Colter | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| South Flat | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| West River | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Washakie Ten | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Durkee | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Eccles | 10.2 miles | 9 | |
| Winchester | 14.5 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Airport Road | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1953356 | The 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 1853194. 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.




