Granger Junction, Wyoming
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Green River North census division. The Survey maps it on the Granger quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Granger quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Granger Junction between 2017 and 2020, burning about 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kemmerer Field Office | ROCKY CROSSING |
| 5 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | MGR |
| 4 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | LITTLE AMERICA |
| 31 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | 68 |
| 26 July 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Sweetwater County | CORRAL FIRE |
| 19 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sweetwater County | MURPHY |
| 11 May 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Sweetwater County | WATER TOWER FIRE |
| 11 May 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Sweetwater County | GRANGER GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Granger Junction: 4 prospects, 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sodium, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Highway Dept | Silica | Producer | ||
| Diamond Alkali Co., No. 1 | Sodium | Prospect | Trona | |
| Granger No. 2 drill hole | Sodium | Prospect | Trona | |
| Union Pacific Well No. 4 | Sodium | Prospect | 1942 | |
| Westvaco Well No. 8 | Sodium | Prospect | 1954 | |
| DeBernardi Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Granger | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Highway Dept | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Highway Dept | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little America | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Granger | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Bryan | 12.4 miles | 9 | |
| James Town | 21.1 miles | 9 | |
| Riovista | 21.3 miles | 9 | |
| Green River | 23.8 miles | 10 | |
| Kanda | 30.3 miles | 8 | |
| Purple Sage | 31.3 miles | 8 |
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 Granger Junction | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122560135 | 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 1597335. 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.




