DuNoir, Wyoming
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Dubois census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82513. It stands on Wildcat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Warm Spring Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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 Younts Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1907 USGS Younts Peak quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Warm Spring Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS The Ramshorn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Warm Spring Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of DuNoir between 1992 and 2018, burning about 369 acres in total. 14 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 | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 | Natural | under an acre | Shoshone National Forest | WILDCAT FIRE |
| 6 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Shoshone National Forest | WILDCAT |
| 28 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 359 acres | Shoshone National Forest | CROOKED CREEK |
| 9 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shoshone National Forest | CAMP |
| 9 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Shoshone National Forest | BUFFALO |
| 30 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Shoshone National Forest | FELLER |
| 26 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Shoshone National Forest | SNOW SHOE |
| 21 August 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shoshone National Forest | MOON LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of DuNoir: 7 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium, Thorium, Gold, Thorium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albright Wash Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Clarke's Camp and Union Pass placer prospects | Gold, Thorium | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Helt Claims | Beryllium, Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Wildcat Creek | Iron | Occurrence | 1950 | |
| Halt #1 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Thorium | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Thorium | Prospect | ||
| Warm Spring Mountain | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dubois | 10.1 miles | 17 | |
| Bain Place | 19.0 miles | 13 | |
| Burris | 31.9 miles | 11 | |
| Crowheart | 37.4 miles | 10 | |
| Collins Place | 38.5 miles | 12 | |
| Willow Creek | 40.6 miles | 10 | |
| Morton | 60.7 miles | 9 | |
| Fort Washakie | 62.7 miles | 8 |
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 DuNoir | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122566467 | 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 1599386. 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.







