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Alpine Junction, Wyoming

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Afton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83128. It stands on Greys River. The Survey maps it on the Alpine quadrangle.

Alpine Junction within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Alpine Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 493 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 2 were 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
Natural38
Recreation and ceremony10
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestLONG SPRINGS
7 September 2005Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestMCNEEL CREEK
5 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestINDIAN CREEK
5 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestPALISADES
5 September 2008Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestMCCOY
23 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
22 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUpper Snake Field OfficeMILE MARKER 401
22 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Alpine Junction: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, 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
Mc Coy Creek Gold Placer IGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Bradley Mountain (trench CP-56)Phosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Burnt Timber Canyon (trench CP-48)Phosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Alpine0.6 miles17
Etna9.6 miles15
Star Valley Ranch14.3 miles9
Thayne17.4 miles14
Bedford19.4 miles9
Turnerville22.5 miles9
Auburn26.3 miles12
Grover26.6 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597729. 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.