BlockBurgess Junction, Wyoming
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Sheridan West census division. It stands on Little Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burgess Junction quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1898 USGS Bald Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Bald Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Burgess Junction quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1970 USGS Burgess Junction quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Burgess Junction quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Burgess Junction quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
21 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Burgess Junction between 1994 and 2020, burning about 13 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 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bighorn National Forest | SHEELEY CREEK |
| 9 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bighorn National Forest | NICKEL CREEK |
| 23 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Bighorn National Forest | NORTH TONGUE |
| 16 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Bighorn National Forest | SCHULER PARK |
| 5 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Bighorn National Forest | FOOLS CREEK |
| 30 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bighorn National Forest | ROCKHOUSE |
| 29 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.0 acres | Bighorn National Forest | TWIN BUTTES |
| 25 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sheridan County | HWY 343 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Burgess Junction: 9 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Stone, Dimension, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Claim | Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Unidentified Prospect | Stone, Iron | Past Producer | Pyrrhotite | |
| Nickel and Copper Refining Co | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Nickel and Copper Refining Co. Occurrence | Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Unnamed | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Unidentified Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Specularite | |
| Unknown | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Occurrence |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597238. 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.