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.
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.
- Jelm-Frank Smith Ranch Historic Districtlisted 1978 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1906 USGS Medicine Bow quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Medicine Bow quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Woods Landing quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Saratoga quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Woods Landing quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 1994Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 1994 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | HIGHWAY 10 |
| 2 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | LITTLE |
| 16 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | BOY SCOUT |
| 16 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | WOODS CREEK LOOP FIRE |
| 1 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Rawlins Field Office | WOODSLANDI |
| 6 August 2001 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | BOOGER |
| 4 August 1994 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | not named |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Mine | Gold, Copper, Iron, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Silver | |
| Jelm Mountain | Copper, Gold, Bismuth | Prospect | contact vein | |
| Jelm Mountain District | Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1870 | |
| Red Mountain | Calcium | Occurrence | ||
| Unidentified Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Copper | |
| Annie Mine | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold | |
| Annie Mine | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Copper Mine | Uranium | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jelm | - | A Mesonet station near the WY/CO state line south of Laramie recorded a wind gust to 74 MPH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jelm | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Woods Landing | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Gramm | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Foxpark | 7.5 miles | 17 | |
| Collins (historical) | 8.7 miles | 17 | |
| Mountain Home | 9.1 miles | 17 | |
| Wyocolo | 9.2 miles | 17 | |
| Albany | 10.8 miles | 14 |
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.









