BlockCarter Cedars, Wyoming
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Bridger Valley census division. The Survey maps it on the Cumberland Gap quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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
- 1958 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Kemmerer quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Carter Cedars between 1993 and 2008, burning about 12 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Kemmerer Field Office | CARTER |
| 18 July 1993 | Natural | 12 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | CARRIE S |
| 2 October 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Kemmerer Field Office | MICHIGAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Carter Cedars: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Metal, Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland Gap Area | Titanium, Metal, Iron, Thorium, Zirconium | Occurrence | ||
| Oyster Ridge | Uranium | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antelope | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Carter | 7.1 miles | 7 | |
| Elkhurst | 8.8 miles | 8 | |
| Bridger | 10.4 miles | 8 | |
| Hampton | 10.9 miles | 8 | |
| Fort Bridger | 15.5 miles | 10 | |
| Urie | 16.8 miles | 8 | |
| Byrnes Crossing | 17.6 miles | 9 |
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 Q122552718 | 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 1597253. 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.