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Hirsig, Wyoming

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the East Albany census division. The Survey maps it on the Sherman Mountains East quadrangle.

Hirsig within Albany County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

77 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Hirsig between 1992 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. 18 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
Recreation and ceremony38
Natural18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
9 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandTWIN MOUNTAIN
4 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandBENNETT
3 September 2004Naturalunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandCROW
3 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandBUFORD
29 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandPAPA
28 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland701 G
28 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland700N
27 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hirsig: 1 unknown, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Uranium, Iron, Zinc. 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
Buford AreaUraniumUnknown
RamblerCopper, Iron, ZincProspect
Copper ProspectCopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Albany 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
Buford4.8 miles16
Sherman7.0 miles16
Dale Creek8.9 miles16
Hermosa12.4 miles16
Tie Siding13.3 miles19
The Buttes14.1 miles18
Red Buttes15.5 miles18
Laramie17.4 miles19

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 Q30622148The 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 1600344. 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.