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Burntfork, Wyoming

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Green River South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82938. It stands on Burnt Fork. The Survey maps it on the Burntfork quadrangle.

Burntfork within Sweetwater 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.

Fires near this place

19 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Burntfork between 1996 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 15 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
Natural15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
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
19 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeBIRCH CREEK
27 August 2007Naturalunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeANDERSON CREEK
27 August 1996Natural4.0 acresRock Springs Field OfficeLONE TREE
22 August 2003Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestLAZY J
21 August 2020Natural12 acresRock Springs Field OfficeJEEP TRAIL
21 August 2018Naturalunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeLONE TREE
20 August 2011Naturalunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeFOSSIL FIRE
9 July 2004Naturalunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeBURNTFORK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sweetwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Burntfork: 4 past producers, 1 unknown. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Birch Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Birch Creek Gravel Pit #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Birch Creek Gravel Pit 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Highway DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Rendezvous3.2 miles9
McKinnon3.6 miles9
Washam12.5 miles9
Squaw Hollow (historical)25.3 miles10
Granger Junction36.0 miles8
Little America36.3 miles8
Granger39.0 miles8
Greenhough Place40.4 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1586182. 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.