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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.

Banner within Sheridan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

30 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined12
Debris and open burning5
Natural4
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
17 September 2017Debris and open burning5.0 acresSheridan CountyBISHER FIRE
17 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
8 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresBuffalo Field OfficeMILE MARKER 42
3 August 2004Naturalunder an acreBighorn National ForestGRANDMA'S MOUNTAIN
24 August 2014Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
17 August 2020Smoking5.0 acresSheridan County620 HWY 193
15 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sheridan County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kearney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownLimestone, GeneralOccurrence

Every working recorded in Sheridan County

Storms near this place

9 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013Thunderstorm WindBanner-A wind gust of 65 mph was estimated 5 miles north of Banner.
June 2011HailBanner-In addition to the hail, 0.70 inches of rain was reported.
July 2009HailBanner-The hail lasted five minutes.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBanner-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindBanner-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindBanner-no account filed
May 2013HailBanner-no account filed
July 2008HailBanner-no account filed
July 2008HailBanner-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sheridan 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
Story2.2 miles12
Powder Horn8.7 miles13
Big Horn8.8 miles13
Verona14.1 miles11
Sheridan14.3 miles13
Ulm15.0 miles11
Wyarno15.4 miles12
Beckton17.3 miles17

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 BannerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4856902The 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.