Hoback Junction, Wyoming
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Jackson Hole census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83001. It stands on Hoback River. The Survey maps it on the Camp Davis quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1931 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1935 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Camp Davis quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Camp Davis quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Hoback Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 114 acres in total. 33 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 | 33 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | TWO-TIME |
| 8 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | POWERLINE |
| 6 September 2020 | Smoking | 102 acres | Bridger-Teton National Forest | SWINGING BRIDGE |
| 27 September 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Bridger-Teton National Forest | SOUTH OF MARTIN WFU |
| 23 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | DEER CREEK |
| 15 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | COBURN CREEK |
| 15 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | PALMER CREEK |
| 1 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Bridger-Teton National Forest | FALLS CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Hoback Junction: 8 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Gold, Geothermal, Mercury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold, Mercury | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Hoback placer occurrence | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Snake River Canyon Occurrence | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Unidentified Occurrence | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | 1910 | |
| Unidentified Occurrence | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Unidentified Occurrence | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect | ||
| Unknown (in Snake River Canyon) | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hoback Junction in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2019: 1 flash flood, 1 debris flow. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Hoback Junction | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Debris Flow | Hoback Junction | - | A heavy rain and hailstorm caused a mudslide in Hoback Canyon. The mud and rockslide closed US 26/89 for several hours on the evening of July 1st. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoback | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| South Park | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Rafter J Ranch | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Jackson | 11.0 miles | 14 | |
| Wilson | 14.5 miles | 17 | |
| Moose Wilson Road | 15.2 miles | 17 | |
| Jack Pine | 15.7 miles | 13 | |
| Teton Village | 19.0 miles | 17 |
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 Q122551197 | 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 1589592. 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.







