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Jerome, Wyoming

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Upton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82730. It stands on Jerome Creek. The Survey maps it on the Upton East quadrangle.

Jerome within Weston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Jerome between 1992 and 2020, burning about 290 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined10
Natural6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2015Fireworks1.6 acresMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandBUTCHER FIRE
6 September 2003Natural15 acresMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandARLEDGE RANCH
5 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandOWENS FIRE
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined235 acresNew Castle Field OfficeCEMETARY
13 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandTHORTON & CLAY SPUR
5 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWeston CountySTUMP
5 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
3 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Weston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Jerome: 7 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Bentonite, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Beaver CreekBentonite, Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Imoorcroft - Upton - OsageBentoniteProducerBentonite
Jerome AreaBentoniteUnknown
OsageBentoniteOccurrence
Osage,Clay Spur QuarriesBentoniteProducer
Owens DrawBentoniteOccurrence
Pine RidgeBentoniteUnknown
Turner CreekBentoniteOccurrence
UnknownBentoniteOccurrence
UnknownBentoniteProspect

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
Clay Spur3.4 miles16
Upton6.3 miles12
Osage7.4 miles9
Colloid8.0 miles12
Bentley9.3 miles12
Skull Creek9.6 miles16
Thornton13.8 miles12
Horton18.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1600608. 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.