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Beartown, Wyoming

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Evanston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82930. It stands on Bazoo Hollow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sulphur Creek Reservoir quadrangle.

Beartown within Uinta 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

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Beartown between 2011 and 2020, burning about 13 acres in total. None 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/undetermined2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
15 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresUinta CountyEAST FORK CHALK
20 August 2018Fireworks1.0 acresUinta CountyCO RD 159
4 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
5 June 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUinta County150 SOUTH
24 October 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta CountyLILY LAKE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Uinta County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Beartown: 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Bentonite. 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
Jamison ClaimBentonitePast Producer
Bear RiverUraniumUnknown
Carnotite B-1UraniumProspect
Ellingford BrothersSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

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
Hilliard2.3 miles8
Altamont3.9 miles8
Aspen6.1 miles8
Evanston9.8 miles9
Piedmont12.4 miles8
Byrnes Crossing14.1 miles9
Almy14.7 miles9
Three Forks18.0 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597216. 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.