Colter Bay Village, Wyoming
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Jackson Hole census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83013. It lies near Moose Island. The Survey maps it on the Colter Bay quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1899 USGS Grand Teton quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Grand Teton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Colter Bay quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Jackson Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Colter Bay Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,518 acres in total. 35 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 | 35 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Grand Teton National Park | COLTER |
| 6 September 2007 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Grand Teton National Park | MATILDA |
| 6 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | I-LOOP |
| 4 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | PILGRIM MEADOWS |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | COLTER BAY D101 |
| 16 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | BEAR BARREL |
| 14 September 2010 | Natural | 12 acres | Bridger-Teton National Forest | WILLOW DRAW |
| 8 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | SIGNAL SITE 41 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Colter Bay Village: 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Corridor Pumicite Occurrence | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Pumice | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colter Bay Village in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2016: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colter Bay Village | 1 hurt, $20,000 | Gusty outflow wind from a collapsing rain shower blew down or broke over 100 trees at Colter Bay Campground and RV Park. Three or four of the falling trees struck and damaged vehicles at the park. One large branch, estimated to be 40 feet long and nearly one foot in diameter, struck a 30-year-old woman. The woman was life-flighted to a regional hospital with critical injuries. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Colter Bay Village | - | The public reported quarter sized hail at Colter Bay Village. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Colter Bay Village | - | Numerous spotters reported nickel to quarter sized hail in and around Colter Bay. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moran | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Elk | 9.5 miles | 16 | |
| Beaver Creek | 15.8 miles | 15 | |
| Moose | 17.7 miles | 15 | |
| Grovont | 18.0 miles | 15 | |
| Kelly | 19.5 miles | 15 | |
| Alta | 23.4 miles | 10 | |
| Teton Village | 24.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1586909. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






