Ferris, Wyoming

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Rawlins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82301. It stands on Garden Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ferris quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ferris within Carbon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1953 USGS Ferris quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Bairoil quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Casper quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Ferris (historical) between 2006 and 2012, burning about 8,798 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
Natural	3
Debris and open burning	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
27 July 2012	Natural	8,796 acres	Rawlins Field Office	FERRIS
22 July 2012	Natural	under an acre	Rawlins Field Office	JUNK HILL
22 May 2006	Natural	2.0 acres	Rawlins Field Office	ALLOTMENT
1 April 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wyoming State Forestry	FERRIS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carbon County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ferris (historical): 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Industrial, Silica, Lead, Gold, Silver, Iron, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Leighton-Gentry Mine	Copper, Cobalt, Nickel	Past Producer	Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Chalcopyrite
Spanish Mines	Lead, Gold, Silver, Iron, Copper	Prospect	1870
Unknown Sand	Sand and Gravel, Industrial, Silica	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Carbon 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Marvin Place (historical)	1.9 miles	10
McCargar Place	2.6 miles	10
Seminoe Dam	14.4 miles	10
Lamont	15.8 miles	8
Three Forks	18.1 miles	8
Muddy Gap	18.2 miles	8
Leo	20.4 miles	9
Rawlins	28.0 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597312. 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.