Clay Spur, Wyoming
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Newcastle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82730. It stands on East Iron Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clay Spur quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1898 USGS Sundance quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Sundance quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Inyan Kara Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Sundance quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Clay Spur quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Clay Spur between 1992 and 2020, burning about 88 acres in total. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Fireworks | 1.6 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | BUTCHER FIRE |
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | THORTON & CLAY SPUR |
| 8 August 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | RRMM 535 FIRE |
| 8 August 2005 | Natural | 11 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 5 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 3 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 27 August 2020 | Natural | 4.6 acres | New Castle Field Office | TURNER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Clay Spur: 6 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Bentonite, Uranium, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Creek | Bentonite, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Farley No.2 | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Farley No.3 | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Imoorcroft - Upton - Osage | Bentonite | Producer | Bentonite | |
| Osage | Bentonite | Occurrence | ||
| Osage,Clay Spur Quarries | Bentonite | Producer | ||
| Turner Creek | Bentonite | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Bentonite | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Bentonite | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed | Bentonite | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Osage | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Skull Creek | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Upton | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Colloid | 11.3 miles | 12 | |
| Bentley | 12.6 miles | 12 | |
| Cambria (historical) | 15.3 miles | 11 | |
| Horton | 16.2 miles | 15 |
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 Q122564016 | 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 1586755. 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.








