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Blairtown, Wyoming

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rock Springs North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82901. It stands on Sweetwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rock Springs quadrangle.

Blairtown within Sweetwater County

On record in Blairtown

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

158 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Blairtown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,841 acres in total. 22 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/undetermined54
Fireworks39
Natural22
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking4
Firearms and explosives use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning2

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
9 September 2012Natural1.2 acresRock Springs Field OfficeWHITE MOUNTAIN
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRock Springs Field OfficePIPELINE
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSweetwater CountySPRINGS
26 September 2020Smokingunder an acreSweetwater CountyBELT LOOP
25 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSweetwater CountyCOLLEGE FIRE
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresRock Springs Field OfficeHORSE CORRAL
21 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSweetwater CountyMADISON DRIVE FIRE
21 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeWHITE MOUN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sweetwater 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 Blairtown: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica. 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
State Highway Department Gravel PitSilicaProducer
Rock Springs Phos-Acid Plant (Facility)Phosphorus-PhosphatesPlant1986
Rock Springs Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer1987
State Highway DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Highway DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Highway DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
WylieSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Sweetwater County

Storms near this place

4 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blairtown in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2021: 3 flash flood, 1 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 2021Flash FloodBlairtown$750,000Runoff from higher desert terrain and rain falling on an urbanized landscape led to flash flooding across western portions of Rock Springs.
July 2015Flash FloodBlairtown$250,000A second straight day of drenching thunderstorms brought widespread flash flooding throughout the city of Rock Springs. Many businesses and residential basements were flooded. In addition, numerous cars were stranded in flood waters both on city streets and in large parking lots.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBlairtown$10,000A light residential trailer was blown over and knocked into a car on the north side of Rock Springs. The strong wind also dropped large tree limbs and caused damage to a power pole in downtown Rock Springs.
July 2021Flash FloodBlairtown-Heavy rain and runoff from higher desert landscape produced flash flooding in sections of Rock Springs that had seen similar conditions on July 28.

Every storm recorded in Sweetwater 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
Rock Springs1.8 miles13
Quealy2.5 miles13
Clearview Acres2.5 miles8
Purple Sage5.2 miles8
North Rock Springs5.2 miles9
Arrowhead Springs6.0 miles13
Kanda6.2 miles8
Reliance6.8 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1585645. 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.