Coyote Springs, Wyoming
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Hanna census division. It lies near Coyote Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Walcott 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.
- 1893 USGS Fort Steele quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1914 USGS Walcott quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Walcott quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Medicine Bow quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Coyote Springs between 1996 and 2020, burning about 53 acres in total. 1 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 | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Rawlins Field Office | UP654 |
| 27 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Rawlins Field Office | MM 236 |
| 8 August 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | WALCOTT RR |
| 4 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Rawlins Field Office | WALCOTT |
| 12 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Rawlins Field Office | MM 241 |
| 29 July 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | RR 1 |
| 27 July 2001 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Rawlins Field Office | DANA RIDGE |
| 24 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.7 acres | Rawlins Field Office | WALCOTT |
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 Coyote Springs: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucky Annie Claims | Uranium | Occurrence | Tyuyamunite, Metatyuyamunite | |
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coyote Springs in 7 storm reports between 2015 and 2021: 7 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coyote Springs | - | WYDOT mesonet station WY15 - Walcott Junction 14 miles east of Sinclair measured wind gust. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coyote Springs | - | Wyoming Department of Transportation sensor along Interstate 80 about fifteen miles east of Sinclair measured the thunderstorm wind gust. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coyote Springs | - | Wyoming Department of Transportation site at Walcott Junction along Interstate 80 measured the reported wind speed. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coyote Springs | - | WYDOT mesonet station WY15 - Walcott Junction along I-80 reported wind gust 15 miles east of Sinclair. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coyote Springs | - | Wyoming Department of Transportation sensor along Interstate 80 at Walcott Junction measured the reported wind gust. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coyote Springs | - | Wyoming Department of Transportation sensor at Walcott Junction along Interstate 80 measured the reported wind speed. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coyote Springs | - | The WYDOT sensor at Walcott Junction measured peak wind gusts of 58 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edson | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Walcott | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Fort Steele | 9.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hanna | 12.6 miles | 17 | |
| Elmo | 14.1 miles | 17 | |
| Old McKeal Place | 16.7 miles | 15 | |
| Sampo (historical) | 16.9 miles | 13 | |
| Sinclair | 18.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597269. 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.








