BlockCarlson, Wyoming
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kemmerer West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83114. It lies near Boulder Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Sage quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sage quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Kemmerer quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sage quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Carlson between 1994 and 2017, burning about 297 acres in total. 3 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1994 | Natural | 80 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | GOOSEBERRY |
| 17 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | SAGE |
| 5 July 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | DERAILED |
| 29 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | TWIN |
| 27 June 2007 | Natural | 200 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | SAGE JCT |
| 24 June 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Kemmerer Field Office | BOTTLE ROCKET |
| 30 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | LAMBCHOP |
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 Carlson: 5 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leefe Mill (Facility) | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Leefe Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium | Past Producer | 1905, 1908, 1978 | |
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Leefe Gravel Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartzite, Sand, Sandstone | |
| Leefe Gravel Pit #4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartzite, Sandstone | |
| Leefe Gravel Pit No 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Leefe Gravel Pit No 4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 1597252. 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.