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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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
- 1948 USGS Sherman Mountains quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Sherman Mountains quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Laramie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Sherman Mountains East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Sherman Mountains East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional 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 ceremony | 38 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | TWIN MOUNTAIN |
| 4 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | BENNETT |
| 3 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | CROW |
| 3 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | BUFORD |
| 29 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | PAPA |
| 28 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | 701 G |
| 28 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | 700N |
| 27 September 2016 | 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
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buford Area | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Rambler | Copper, Iron, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buford | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Sherman | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Dale Creek | 8.9 miles | 16 | |
| Hermosa | 12.4 miles | 16 | |
| Tie Siding | 13.3 miles | 19 | |
| The Buttes | 14.1 miles | 18 | |
| Red Buttes | 15.5 miles | 18 | |
| Laramie | 17.4 miles | 19 |
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 Q30622148 | 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 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.







