Horton, Wyoming
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Newcastle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82729. The Survey maps it on the Dry Draw quadrangle. It stands 5,670 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1898 USGS Sundance quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Sundance quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Four Corners quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Sundance quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Dry Draw quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Horton between 1992 and 2018, burning about 368 acres in total. 10 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/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 10 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | BANKS STRUCTURE |
| 18 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 9 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 9 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 30 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | HORSETHIEF FIRE |
| 29 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 18 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 18 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Horton: 7 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rawhauser Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Elliot | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Harriet Peterson #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Harriet Peterson #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Miller Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rawhauser Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Land Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four Corners (historical) | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Buckhorn | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Skull Creek | 8.7 miles | 16 | |
| Cambria (historical) | 13.4 miles | 11 | |
| Osage | 15.6 miles | 9 | |
| Clay Spur | 16.2 miles | 16 | |
| Jerome | 18.1 miles | 12 | |
| Newcastle | 19.3 miles | 13 |
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 Q134585137 | 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 1597067. 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.








