Carlile Junction, Wyoming
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Sundance census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82729. It lies near Castle Rocks. The Survey maps it on the Devils Tower quadrangle. It stands 4,203 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1905 USGS Devils Tower quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Devils Tower quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Devils Tower quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Devils Tower quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Carlile Junction between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,120 acres in total. 13 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1992 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Devils Tower National Monument | CAMPSTOOL |
| 2 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 acres | Devils Tower National Monument | WEEHINKLE |
| 11 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Crook County | DEAN FIRE |
| 8 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | SUNNY |
| 28 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 11 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | OAK CREEK |
| 3 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | New Castle Field Office | PRAIRIE DO |
| 27 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | CROSS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Carlile Junction: 8 past producers, 7 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campstool 9 and 11 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Carlile Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | 1952, 1953, 1955 | |
| Griffith | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Homestake 2 | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Homestake Lode 1 | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Laymon Lease | Uranium | Past Producer | Uraninite | |
| Manke Lease | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Myers | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Nubeth Joint Venture | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Paul Myers | Uranium | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devils Tower | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Carlile | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Haven | 11.9 miles | 14 | |
| Hulett | 13.3 miles | 12 | |
| Linden | 13.4 miles | 13 | |
| Oshoto | 14.5 miles | 12 | |
| Sundance | 17.8 miles | 16 | |
| New Haven | 18.6 miles | 12 |
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 Q19460844 | The 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 1597251. 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.







