BlockDaniel Junction, Wyoming
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Pinedale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82941. The Survey maps it on the Daniel Junction quadrangle. It stands 7,221 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.
- 1939 USGS Big Piney quadrangle1:125000
- 1942 USGS Big Piney quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Daniel Junction quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Afton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Daniel Junction between 1993 and 2018, burning about 21 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2006 | Firearms and explosives use | 1.6 acres | Pinedale Field Office | TRACER |
| 24 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pinedale Field Office | MILE MARKER 112 |
| 29 June 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 9 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sublette County | KREACH FIRE |
| 16 April 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Sublette County | HORSE CREEK |
| 11 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Sublette County | KAUL |
| 20 October 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Sublette County | GRANDVIEW GRINDER |
| 1 October 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
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 Daniel Junction: 7 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| James Ranch | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| North Pape Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Pape Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Wye Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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.
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 Q122598455 | 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 1597278. 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.