BlockGreenhough Place, Wyoming
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Rock Springs South census division. It lies near Greenhough Flats. The Survey maps it on the Richards Gap quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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
- 1962 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Richards Gap quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Firehole Canyon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Greenhough Place between 1992 and 2018, burning about 37,082 acres in total. 50 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 | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | LITTLE |
| 3 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | RED FIRE |
| 3 September 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | CACHE |
| 28 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | RED EYE |
| 8 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | SAND BENCH |
| 30 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | SUB |
| 3 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | DANS DRAW |
| 28 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | LIZZIE SPRING |
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 Greenhough Place: 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Titanium, Thorium, Zirconium, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Creek | Titanium, Thorium, Zirconium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Red Jeep No 1 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Unknown | Uranium | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petes Place | 12.7 miles | 9 | |
| Squaw Hollow (historical) | 17.8 miles | 10 | |
| South Baxter | 21.3 miles | 9 | |
| Washam | 28.1 miles | 9 | |
| Arrowhead Springs | 30.2 miles | 13 | |
| Sweeney Ranch | 30.6 miles | 9 | |
| Quealy | 32.1 miles | 13 | |
| Kanda | 32.8 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.
| Wikidata item Q122595788 | 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 1597338. 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.