BlockFossil, Wyoming
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kemmerer West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83114. It stands on North Fork Twin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fossil quadrangle.
On record in Fossil
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Fossil Oregon Short Line Depotlisted 2013 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Kemmerer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Kemmerer quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Fossil quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Fossil between 1998 and 2016, burning about 8 acres in total. 2 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 | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | TWIN |
| 6 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kemmerer Field Office | SPINDLE |
| 5 July 2002 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | KEMMERER C |
| 4 July 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | FOSSIL |
| 18 May 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fossil Butte National Monument | JONNASSPOT |
| 4 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kemmerer Field Office | FOSSIL TRAIN 2 |
| 4 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kemmerer Field Office | FOSSIL TRAIN |
| 6 October 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | TRAIN |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fossil: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown (north of Fossil) | Phosphorus-Phosphates | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkol | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Frontier | 9.9 miles | 10 | |
| Kemmerer | 10.0 miles | 10 | |
| Willow Addition | 10.1 miles | 10 | |
| Diamondville | 10.2 miles | 10 | |
| Sage | 12.4 miles | 10 | |
| Blazon Junction | 12.8 miles | 11 | |
| Carlson | 13.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597320. 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.