Creston, Wyoming
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wamsutter census division. The Survey maps it on the Creston quadrangle. It stands 7,107 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Creston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
46 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Creston between 1993 and 2019, burning about 861 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 | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | MM183 |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 acres | Rawlins Field Office | CONTINENTAL DIVIDE |
| 29 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carbon County | MP7 789 |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | MM188 |
| 27 September 2010 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | CRESTON FW |
| 27 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | TIE |
| 23 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.2 acres | Rawlins Field Office | RR709 |
| 18 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Rawlins Field Office | CONTINENTAL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Creston: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Pumice | Prospect | ||
| Continental Divide | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| BLM | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Creston Pit #8 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| State Highway Department Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Creston in 1 storm report in 1998: 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Creston | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creston Junction | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Riner | 11.1 miles | 10 | |
| Wamsutter | 12.0 miles | 11 | |
| Red Desert | 19.7 miles | 8 | |
| Tipton | 27.4 miles | 7 | |
| Robinson | 30.8 miles | 7 | |
| Table Rock | 34.0 miles | 7 | |
| J O Junction | 35.6 miles | 7 |
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 Q138349862 | 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 1587215. 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.






