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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.

Horton within Weston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

28 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined15
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 2015Natural1.0 acresWyoming State ForestryBANKS STRUCTURE
18 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
9 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
9 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
30 August 2013Naturalunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandHORSETHIEF FIRE
29 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
18 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
18 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weston County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rawhauser QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
ElliotSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Harriet Peterson #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Harriet Peterson #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Miller QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rawhauser Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Land QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Weston 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
Four Corners (historical)5.4 miles15
Buckhorn6.0 miles16
Skull Creek8.7 miles16
Cambria (historical)13.4 miles11
Osage15.6 miles9
Clay Spur16.2 miles16
Jerome18.1 miles12
Newcastle19.3 miles13

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 Q134585137The 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.