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Kearny, Wyoming

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Buffalo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82832. It lies near Pilot Knob. The Survey maps it on the Banner quadrangle. It stands 4,639 feet above sea level.

Kearny within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

18 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Kearny between 1992 and 2020, burning about 423 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined9
Natural4
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1

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
17 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
11 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined185 acresBuffalo Field OfficeLOWER PINEY
8 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresBuffalo Field OfficeMILE MARKER 42
2 August 2017Naturalunder an acreBuffalo Field OfficeBEAR CANYON
2 August 2017Natural1.0 acresJohnson CountyBEAR CANYON FIRE
17 August 2020Smoking5.0 acresSheridan County620 HWY 193
15 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
14 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kearny: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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
UnknownUraniumPast Producer
Kearney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Shell CreekSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Johnson 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
Saddlestring6.8 miles13
Buffalo14.1 miles12
Hazelton31.1 miles12
Mayoworth48.3 miles6
Kaycee57.5 miles6
Barnum60.1 miles7
Sussex63.8 miles6
Linstead Place67.3 miles6

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 Q133247519The 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 1597369. 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.