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Elkhurst, Wyoming

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Bridger Valley census division. The Survey maps it on the Austin Reservoir quadrangle.

Elkhurst within Uinta County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Elkhurst between 2018 and 2020, burning about 2 acres in total. None 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
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 July 2018Fireworks1.0 acresLincoln CountyOAKELY
9 June 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresLincoln CountyMINE,6/9

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Uinta County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Hampton3.8 miles8
Carter5.6 miles7
Carter Cedars8.8 miles9
Antelope10.7 miles8
Lyman11.7 miles8
Urie12.2 miles8
Fort Bridger12.2 miles10
Verne14.9 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597308. 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.