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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1909 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Banner quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 11 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 185 acres | Buffalo Field Office | LOWER PINEY |
| 8 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Buffalo Field Office | MILE MARKER 42 |
| 2 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Buffalo Field Office | BEAR CANYON |
| 2 August 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Johnson County | BEAR CANYON FIRE |
| 17 August 2020 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Sheridan County | 620 HWY 193 |
| 15 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 14 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Kearney Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Shell Creek | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saddlestring | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Buffalo | 14.1 miles | 12 | |
| Hazelton | 31.1 miles | 12 | |
| Mayoworth | 48.3 miles | 6 | |
| Kaycee | 57.5 miles | 6 | |
| Barnum | 60.1 miles | 7 | |
| Sussex | 63.8 miles | 6 | |
| Linstead Place | 67.3 miles | 6 |
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 Q133247519 | The 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.






