Bryan, Wyoming

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Green River North census division. The Survey maps it on the Bryan quadrangle.

Bryan within Sweetwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

1954 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

17 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Bryan between 2006 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined	11
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Natural	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
9 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Rock Springs Field Office	MM 79
27 September 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Rock Springs Field Office	MM 80
3 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7.6 acres	Rock Springs Field Office	AMERICAN
25 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Rock Springs Field Office	MEADOW SPRINGS
11 August 2010	Natural	under an acre	Rock Springs Field Office	PILOT
11 July 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Rock Springs Field Office	MM 75 5
30 June 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Rock Springs Field Office	I80 MP79 FED EX
29 June 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Sweetwater County	BRYAN FIRE

Every fire recorded in Sweetwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Bryan: 7 past producers, 5 prospects, 4 producers, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sodium, Soda Ash, Sodium Carbonate, Oil Shale, Halite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
General Chemical Corp. Trona Mine and Plant	Soda Ash, Sodium Carbonate, Oil Shale, Halite	Producer	1938
State Highway Dept	Silica	Producer
Diamond Alkali Co., No. 3	Sodium	Prospect	Trona
Potash Company of America Well No. 1	Sodium	Prospect	1949
Potash Company of America Well No. 2	Sodium	Prospect	1950
Union Pacific Well No. 3	Sodium	Prospect	1942
Westvaco Well No. 7	Sodium	Prospect	1954
Layos #3	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Procarione	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
James Town	8.8 miles	9
Riovista	9.1 miles	9
Little America	9.6 miles	8
Green River	11.8 miles	10
Granger Junction	12.4 miles	8
Granger	15.3 miles	8
Kanda	18.2 miles	8
Purple Sage	19.0 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597233. 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.