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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.

Granger Junction within Sweetwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

8 since 2017

Regional 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/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
26 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKemmerer Field OfficeROCKY CROSSING
5 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeMGR
4 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeLITTLE AMERICA
31 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresKemmerer Field Office68
26 July 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresSweetwater CountyCORRAL FIRE
19 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSweetwater CountyMURPHY
11 May 2020Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresSweetwater CountyWATER TOWER FIRE
11 May 2020Fireworksunder an acreSweetwater CountyGRANGER GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sweetwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
State Highway DeptSilicaProducer
Diamond Alkali Co., No. 1SodiumProspectTrona
Granger No. 2 drill holeSodiumProspectTrona
Union Pacific Well No. 4SodiumProspect1942
Westvaco Well No. 8SodiumProspect1954
DeBernardi Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
GrangerSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Highway DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Highway DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel pitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sweetwater 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
Little America2.9 miles8
Granger4.4 miles8
Bryan12.4 miles9
James Town21.1 miles9
Riovista21.3 miles9
Green River23.8 miles10
Kanda30.3 miles8
Purple Sage31.3 miles8

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 JunctionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q122560135The 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.