Bear River, Wyoming
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Evanston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82930. It lies near Murphy Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Neponset Reservoir NE quadrangle. 522 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,532 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Neponset Reservoir NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Neponset Reservoir NE quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Bear River between 1994 and 2020, burning about 715 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | MOON |
| 30 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | PAMCO NORTH |
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | 60 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | DEERMTN |
| 16 August 1994 | Natural | 600 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | RED CANYON |
| 15 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 12 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Uinta County | COOUNTY ROAD 107 FIRE |
| 12 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | RUSTY |
| 3 July 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | RICK DANVIR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Bear River: 8 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown Claypit (Interpace Holdings, LLC) | Clay | Producer | Clay | |
| Unknown Claypit (Interstate Brick) | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Forks | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Almy | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Evanston | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| Altamont | 18.2 miles | 8 | |
| Beartown | 18.3 miles | 8 | |
| Aspen | 19.1 miles | 8 | |
| Hilliard | 20.4 miles | 8 | |
| Byrnes Crossing | 21.7 miles | 9 |
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 Bear River | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1028664 | 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 1926815. 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.





