Bridger, Wyoming

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Bridger Valley census division. It lies near Coal Mine Draw. The Survey maps it on the Bridger quadrangle.

Bridger 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.

1954 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Bridger quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Evanston quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Bridger between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,530 acres in total. 11 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	11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
5 August 2010	Natural	under an acre	Kemmerer Field Office	MUDDY
31 August 2015	Natural	under an acre	Kemmerer Field Office	ZACA
29 August 2019	Natural	under an acre	Kemmerer Field Office	LEROY
24 August 2006	Natural	under an acre	Kemmerer Field Office	ROCK BLUFF
21 August 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.1 acres	Kemmerer Field Office	HAYSTACK DRAW
19 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kemmerer Field Office	ANTELOPE
19 August 1999	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Rock Springs Field Office	BRIDGER
18 August 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wyoming State Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Uinta County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bridger: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
	Unknown Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Antelope	4.4 miles	8
Byrnes Crossing	7.2 miles	9
Carter	9.6 miles	7
Carter Cedars	10.4 miles	9
Piedmont	11.5 miles	8
Fort Bridger	12.0 miles	10
Millburne	12.8 miles	10
Urie	14.4 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597229. 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.