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Boysen, Wyoming

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1962. It stands in the Wind River Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82649. It stands on Boysen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Boysen quadrangle.

Boysen within Fremont County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Boysen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,673 acres in total. 16 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
Natural16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Debris and open burning3
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined70 acresWorland Field OfficeBUFFALO
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLander Field OfficeBIRDSEYE PASS
22 September 2007Debris and open burning3,978 acresWorland Field OfficeCOPPER MTN
2 September 1992Natural10 acresWind River AgencySTAGNER MT
16 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresLander Field OfficeBIRDSEYE CREEK
8 August 2011Natural6.0 acresWind River AgencyTEETER
8 August 2001Naturalunder an acreRawlins Field OfficePAYSON
7 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresRawlins Field OfficeGOLD CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fremont County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Boysen: 6 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Dolomite, Limestone, General. 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
UnknownMagnesiteOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
Wind River Canyon #1Magnesite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Wind River Canyon #2Limestone, General, DolomiteUnknown
Gold Nugget MineGoldPast Producer
UnknownGoldOccurrence
UnknownDolomiteOccurrence
Copper Mountain AreaIronOccurrence1956
UnknownIronOccurrence
Unnamed MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite

Every working recorded in Fremont 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
Bonneville13.0 miles9
Shoshoni14.6 miles7
Midvale21.3 miles9
Lysite28.3 miles7
Pavillion30.6 miles8
Lost Cabin30.6 miles7
Moneta30.6 miles7
Riverton30.8 miles8

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.

Wikidata item Q122597094The 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 1597228. 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.