BlockDexterville, Wyoming
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Saratoga census division. It stands on Hatch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Divide Peak quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1932 USGS Savery quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1932 USGS Savery quadrangle1:96000
- 1940 USGS Savery quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Divide Peak quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Baggs quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Dexterville (historical) between 1996 and 2019, burning about 44 acres in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | BRIDGER MINE |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Rawlins Field Office | SAVORY CREEK |
| 5 August 1996 | Natural | 35 acres | Rawlins Field Office | HARTT CR |
| 4 June 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | UPPER SAGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dexterville (historical): 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coin Prospect | Copper, Lead, Gold | Occurrence | Galena, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Silver | |
| Unknown (crushed stone for ballast) | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Syndicate Property | Copper | Prospect | 1905 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tullis | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Dillon (historical) | 9.3 miles | 16 | |
| Rudefeha (historical) | 9.7 miles | 16 | |
| Copperton (historical) | 9.9 miles | 16 | |
| Rambler (historical) | 13.7 miles | 16 | |
| Battle (historical) | 15.0 miles | 17 | |
| Elwood (historical) | 19.1 miles | 17 | |
| Savery | 20.1 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1764008. 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.