BlockCarter, Wyoming
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Bridger Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82939. The Survey maps it on the Carter quadrangle. It stands 6,503 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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
- 1964 USGS Carter quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Evanston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Carter between 2006 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 19 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | ANTELOPE |
| 13 July 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.8 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | WEST CARTER 1 |
| 9 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Lincoln County | MINE,6/9 |
| 12 May 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Elkhurst | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Carter Cedars | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Fort Bridger | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Hampton | 9.3 miles | 8 | |
| Bridger | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| Urie | 9.7 miles | 8 | |
| Lyman | 10.5 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Carter | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q749766 | 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 1586401. 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.