BlockDillon, Wyoming
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Saratoga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82325. It stands on Vole Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bridger 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
11 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.
- 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 Bridger Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Baggs quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Bridger Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Dillon (historical) between 1996 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | BABY |
| 2 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | MILL CREEK |
| 1 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | BATTLE CREEK |
| 6 July 1996 | Natural | 1.8 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | UNIT 38 |
| 28 July 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | SMITH CREEK |
| 22 July 2013 | Natural | 103 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | WEST BATTLE CREEK |
| 24 October 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | ROARING FORK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Dillon (historical): 5 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Uranium, Gold, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creede Prospect | Copper, Iron, Nickel, Cobalt | Occurrence | Magnetite, Pyrrhotite, Chalcopyrite | |
| Doane-Rambler Mine (including Rex Mine) | Silver, Gold, Copper, Cobalt, Uranium | Past Producer | stratabound | |
| Ferris-Haggarty Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Uranium | Past Producer | 1897 | |
| Island City Group Prospect | Copper, Silver, Gold, Iron | Prospect | Copper, Pyrrhotite | |
| Unknown | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Dreamland King Group | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Azurite, Malachite, Gold | |
| Octavia Prospect | Copper, Iron | Prospect | Calcite, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite | |
| Spring Creek Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Unknown | Uranium | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rudefeha (historical) | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Copperton (historical) | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Rambler (historical) | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Battle (historical) | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Dexterville (historical) | 9.3 miles | 17 | |
| Elwood (historical) | 11.0 miles | 17 | |
| Tullis | 11.5 miles | 16 | |
| Encampment | 16.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597289. 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.