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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.

Granite within Laramie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

4 since 2012

Regional 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/undetermined3
Natural1

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 July 2020Naturalunder an acreLaramie CountyROAD 102
14 May 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
14 October 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
11 October 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laramie County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
CK GoldGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer1879, 1881
Great Standard GroupGold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerBornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Malachite, Pyrite
Great Standard GroupCopper, Gold, Iron, SilverProspect
Lenox MineCopper, ZincOccurrenceAurichalcite
Monte CristoMolybdenumOccurrenceVein
Silver Crown DistrictGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Palladium, Zinc, Tungsten, Titanium, Mercury, PlatinumProducerPORPHYRY COPPER, HYDROTHERMAL
Yellow Bird MineSulfur-Pyrite, GoldOccurrenceUnknown
Granite Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1940
London MineCopper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerCopper, Gold, Silver
Louise MineCopper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerCopper, Gold, Silver

Every working recorded in Laramie County

Storms near this place

4 since 2012

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025HailGranite-Public reports ping pong ball size hailstones.
June 2012HailGranite-Quarter sized hail was observed at Granite Springs Reservoir.
June 2012HailGranite-An emergency management official reported hail damage to a camper and trailer at Curt Gowdy State Park.
June 2012HailGranite-An emergency management official reported hen egg sized hail at Granite Springs Reservoir.

Every storm recorded in Laramie 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
Hecla4.0 miles15
Otto4.5 miles14
Speer14.3 miles16
Islay15.1 miles13
Gleason16.3 miles18
Orchard Valley18.0 miles18
Cheyenne18.1 miles17
Athol18.5 miles18

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 GraniteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5595824The 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.