BlockCollins, Wyoming
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the South Albany census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82070. It lies near Lincoln Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Foxpark quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1906 USGS Medicine Bow quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Medicine Bow quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Foxpark quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Saratoga quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Foxpark quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Collins (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,330 acres in total. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 120 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | ILLINOIS |
| 28 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | not named |
| 26 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | MILLER LAKE |
| 2 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | CLEARCUT |
| 18 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | GRAM |
| 17 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | HOGBACK |
| 16 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | BOY SCOUT |
| 16 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | WOODS CREEK LOOP FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Collins (historical): 6 past producers, 5 occurrences, 5 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Gold, Copper, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ione Prospect | Garnet, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar | Occurrence | Beryl | |
| Lake Creek Mines | Copper, Gold, Silver, Rhodium, Palladium, Platinum | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | |
| Lake Owen Complex | Iron, Titanium, Metal, Silver, Cobalt, Nickel, PGE, Gold, Copper, Vanadium | Occurrence | Magnetite, Ilmenite | |
| Lincoln Gulch | Gold, Platinum | Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Many Values Pegmatite Prospect | Mica, Beryllium, Tantalum, Garnet, REE, Niobium (Columbium), Uranium | Past Producer | 1930, 1942 | |
| Maudem Group Mine | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold | |
| Muscovite Claim | Mica, Tungsten, Pumice, Feldspar, Garnet | Past Producer | Beryl, Columbite, Tantalite, Muscovite | |
| Unknown | Niobium (Columbium) | Prospect | ||
| Unidentified Occurrence | Iron | Occurrence | Magnetite | |
| Unknown | Vermiculite | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foxpark | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Gramm | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Albany | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Keystone | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Mountain Home | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| Wyocolo | 7.3 miles | 17 | |
| Woods Landing | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| New Jelm | 8.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1598859. 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.