BlockGramm, Wyoming
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the South Albany census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82063. The Survey maps it on the Foxpark quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1906 USGS Medicine Bow quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Medicine Bow quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Foxpark quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Saratoga quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Foxpark quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
40 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Gramm between 1994 and 2019, burning about 22,194 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1994 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | not named |
| 8 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | ROACH |
| 26 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | MILLER LAKE |
| 2 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | CLEARCUT |
| 2 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | LITTLE |
| 18 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | GRAM |
| 16 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | BOY SCOUT |
| 16 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | WOODS CREEK LOOP FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Gramm: 2 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Garnet, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Beryllium, Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Tantalum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Copper Mine | Copper, Silver | Prospect | Malachite, Azurite | |
| Ione Prospect | Garnet, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar | Occurrence | Beryl | |
| Many Values Pegmatite Prospect | Mica, Beryllium, Tantalum, Garnet, REE, Niobium (Columbium), Uranium | Past Producer | 1930, 1942 | |
| Muscovite Claim | Mica, Tungsten, Pumice, Feldspar, Garnet | Past Producer | Beryl, Columbite, Tantalite, Muscovite | |
| Unknown | Niobium (Columbium) | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foxpark | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Mountain Home | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Wyocolo | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Collins (historical) | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Jelm | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| New Jelm | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Woods Landing | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| Albany | 10.1 miles | 14 |
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 Gramm | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30622139 | 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 1600012. 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.