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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.

Bear River within Uinta County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

14 since 1994

Regional 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
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
16 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKemmerer Field OfficeMOON
30 August 2011Natural1.0 acresKemmerer Field OfficePAMCO NORTH
3 August 2000Natural60 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeDEERMTN
16 August 1994Natural600 acresRock Springs Field OfficeRED CANYON
15 August 2011Natural1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
12 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUinta CountyCOOUNTY ROAD 107 FIRE
12 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeRUSTY
3 July 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsRICK DANVIR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Uinta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownClayOccurrence
Unknown Claypit (Interpace Holdings, LLC)ClayProducerClay
Unknown Claypit (Interstate Brick)ClayProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Uinta 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
Three Forks2.6 miles9
Almy3.8 miles9
Evanston8.7 miles9
Altamont18.2 miles8
Beartown18.3 miles8
Aspen19.1 miles8
Hilliard20.4 miles8
Byrnes Crossing21.7 miles9

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 RiverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1028664The 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.