Dale Creek, Wyoming
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the South Albany census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82070. The Survey maps it on the Dale Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1905 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Sherman Mountains quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Sherman Mountains quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Laramie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Dale Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Dale Creek between 1994 and 2018, burning about 84 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | not named |
| 18 September 2018 | Natural | 50 acres | Rawlins Field Office | PUMPKIN VINE |
| 17 August 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | VEDUAWOO |
| 10 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 4 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | PYRAMID |
| 18 July 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | POTATO CHIP |
| 17 July 2005 | Natural | 20 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 29 June 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | BOX CANYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Dale Creek: 5 past producers, 5 prospects, 4 occurrences, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Feldspar, Garnet, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucaneer Prospect | Copper, Iron | Occurrence | Iron, Malachite | |
| Sherman Group Prospect | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Smaller Deposit #12-Iron Mtn area | Titanium, Iron | Prospect | Magnetite, Ilmenite | |
| Copper Float Group (Tie Siding) | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Tie Siding Area | Feldspar, Garnet | Past Producer | ||
| Tie Siding Area | Feldspar, Garnet | Past Producer | ||
| Tie Siding Area | Feldspar, Garnet | Past Producer | ||
| Tie Siding Area | Feldspar, Garnet | Past Producer | ||
| Tie Siding Area | Feldspar, Garnet | Past Producer | ||
| No Name Pegmatites | Uranium | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dale Creek in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2020: 1 hail, 1 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Hermosa | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Buford | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Tie Siding | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Hirsig | 8.9 miles | 19 | |
| The Buttes | 11.2 miles | 18 | |
| Red Buttes | 12.8 miles | 18 | |
| Laramie | 19.0 miles | 19 |
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 Q30622130 | 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 1587329. 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.






