BlockDines, Wyoming
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rock Springs North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82943. The Survey maps it on the Reliance 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
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1908 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Reliance quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Dines (historical) between 2011 and 2020, burning about 2 acres in total. 3 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 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | TOP |
| 4 August 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | KILLPEPPER CREEK |
| 15 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | BARBED WIRE |
| 15 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | POWERLINE |
| 4 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sweetwater County | HWY 191 NORTH MP 9 |
| 20 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | WINTON |
| 16 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | STANSBURY |
| 23 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | POTATOES |
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 Dines (historical): 5 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopefull | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| State Highway Department ledge rock quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| State Highway Department ledge rock quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| State Highway Department ledge rock quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| State Highway Dept | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Highway Dept | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Highway Dept | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winton (historical) | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Stansbury | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Reliance | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| North Rock Springs | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Rock Springs | 9.7 miles | 13 | |
| Blairtown | 11.0 miles | 13 | |
| Salt Wells | 11.1 miles | 8 | |
| South Superior | 11.2 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Dines (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28208941 | 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 1597290. 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.