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Jelm, Wyoming

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the South Albany census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82070. It stands on Jelm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Woods Landing quadrangle.

Jelm within Albany County

On record in Jelm

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

26 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Jelm between 1994 and 2018, burning about 339 acres in total. 14 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
Natural14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
9 September 1994Natural2.0 acresMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grasslandnot named
20 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRawlins Field OfficeHIGHWAY 10
2 September 2001Smokingunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandLITTLE
16 September 2012Smokingunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandBOY SCOUT
16 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWyoming State ForestryWOODS CREEK LOOP FIRE
1 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresRawlins Field OfficeWOODSLANDI
6 August 2001Natural2.0 acresMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandBOOGER
4 August 1994Natural3.0 acresMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grasslandnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Jelm: 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Gold, Copper, Calcium, Iron, Lead, Silver. 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
Colorado MineGold, Copper, Iron, Lead, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Silver
Jelm MountainCopper, Gold, BismuthProspectcontact vein
Jelm Mountain DistrictCopper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth, MolybdenumPast Producer1870
Red MountainCalciumOccurrence
Unidentified ProspectCopperOccurrenceCopper
Annie MineGold, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold
Annie MineUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumUnknown
Unknown Copper MineUraniumProspect

Every working recorded in Albany County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jelm in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023Thunderstorm WindJelm-A Mesonet station near the WY/CO state line south of Laramie recorded a wind gust to 74 MPH.

Every storm 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
New Jelm1.7 miles16
Woods Landing3.6 miles16
Gramm6.3 miles17
Foxpark7.5 miles17
Collins (historical)8.7 miles17
Mountain Home9.1 miles17
Wyocolo9.2 miles17
Albany10.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1609110. 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.