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Creston Junction, Wyoming

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wamsutter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82301. The Survey maps it on the Creston Junction quadrangle. It stands 7,044 feet above sea level.

Creston Junction within Sweetwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

45 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Creston Junction between 1993 and 2019, burning about 823 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/undetermined22
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Fireworks6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRawlins Field OfficeMM183
29 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarbon CountyMP7 789
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRawlins Field OfficeMM188
27 September 2010Fireworks1.0 acresWyoming State ForestryCRESTON FW
27 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRawlins Field OfficeTIE
23 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenance2.2 acresRawlins Field OfficeRR709
18 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use20 acresRawlins Field OfficeCONTINENTAL
14 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use5.2 acresRawlins Field OfficeINTERSTATE 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sweetwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Creston Junction: 2 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Pumice. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownPumiceProspect
Continental DivideUraniumProspect
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
BLMSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Creston Pit #8Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
State Highway Department Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Sand and Gravel pitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sweetwater County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Creston2.2 miles10
Riner9.4 miles10
Wamsutter13.9 miles11
Red Desert21.5 miles8
Tipton29.2 miles7
Robinson32.6 miles7
Table Rock35.9 miles7
Bairoil36.8 miles8

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 Q122565701The 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 1587217. 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.