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Four Corners, Wyoming

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Newcastle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82701. It lies near Canyon Springs Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Four Corners quadrangle. It stands 5,853 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Four Corners within Weston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Four Corners (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 543 acres in total. 15 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
Natural15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
5 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestBEAVER
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestWALDO
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
21 September 2005Natural2.0 acresBlack Hills National ForestPARMLEE
18 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
16 September 1998Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestMALLO
9 August 2019Naturalunder an acreWeston CountyPARMLEE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weston County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Four Corners (historical): 6 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownLimestone, GeneralProspect
Rawhauser QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
ElliotSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Miller QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Morrison PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
RoundhouseSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Land QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Weston 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
Horton5.4 miles15
Buckhorn5.5 miles16
Cambria (historical)10.2 miles11
Skull Creek12.3 miles16
Newcastle15.8 miles13
Osage16.4 miles9
Hill View Heights17.4 miles13
Clay Spur18.3 miles16

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 Four Corners (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5475095The 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 1599816. 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.