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Ammon, Wyoming

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Douglas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82633. The Survey maps it on the Orin quadrangle.

Ammon within Converse County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

9 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Ammon between 1996 and 2020, burning about 287 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Debris and open burning1

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
30 August 2017Natural44 acresCasper Field OfficeCOUNTY LINE
22 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined23 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
11 July 2003Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
1 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConverse CountyRAILROAD TIE
8 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresConverse CountyMM 122
8 March 2020Debris and open burning20 acresConverse County18-20
6 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined196 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
2 October 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresConverse CountyORIN WAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Converse County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ammon: 4 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Barkdoll Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Orin Junction PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownUraniumOccurrenceVein
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Converse 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
Deadmans Corner3.4 miles9
Orin Junction3.5 miles8
Orin3.8 miles8
Irvine9.7 miles9
Shawnee10.5 miles9
Lost Springs14.5 miles7
Douglas16.2 miles10
Esterbrook19.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597202. 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.