Banner, Wyoming
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Sheridan South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82832. It lies near Spring Draw. The Survey maps it on the Banner quadrangle. It stands 4,580 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1909 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Banner quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Banner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Sheridan County | BISHER FIRE |
| 17 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 8 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Buffalo Field Office | MILE MARKER 42 |
| 3 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Bighorn National Forest | GRANDMA'S MOUNTAIN |
| 24 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 17 August 2020 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Sheridan County | 620 HWY 193 |
| 15 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Banner: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kearney Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Limestone, General | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Banner in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Banner | - | A wind gust of 65 mph was estimated 5 miles north of Banner. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Banner | - | In addition to the hail, 0.70 inches of rain was reported. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Banner | - | The hail lasted five minutes. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Banner | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Banner | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Banner | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Banner | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Banner | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Banner | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Banner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4856902 | 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 1597211. 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.
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.






