Granite, Wyoming
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cheyenne West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82009. The Survey maps it on the Granite quadrangle. It stands 7,336 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1905 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Granite quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Laramie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Granite between 2012 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. 1 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 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Laramie County | ROAD 102 |
| 14 May 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 14 October 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 11 October 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Granite: 6 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CK Gold | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1879, 1881 | |
| Great Standard Group | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Malachite, Pyrite | |
| Great Standard Group | Copper, Gold, Iron, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Lenox Mine | Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | Aurichalcite | |
| Monte Cristo | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Silver Crown District | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Palladium, Zinc, Tungsten, Titanium, Mercury, Platinum | Producer | PORPHYRY COPPER, HYDROTHERMAL | |
| Yellow Bird Mine | Sulfur-Pyrite, Gold | Occurrence | Unknown | |
| Granite Canyon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | 1940 | |
| London Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Copper, Gold, Silver | |
| Louise Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Copper, Gold, Silver |
Storms near this place
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Granite in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 4 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Hail | Granite | - | Public reports ping pong ball size hailstones. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Granite | - | Quarter sized hail was observed at Granite Springs Reservoir. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Granite | - | An emergency management official reported hail damage to a camper and trailer at Curt Gowdy State Park. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Granite | - | An emergency management official reported hen egg sized hail at Granite Springs Reservoir. |
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.
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 Granite | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5595824 | 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 1597336. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




