Kinnear, Wyoming
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1962. It stands in the Wind River Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82516. It lies in Kinnear Valley. The Survey maps it on the Pavillion quadrangle. It stands 5,400 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1950 USGS Pavillion quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pavillion quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Kinnear between 1992 and 2020, burning about 361 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Wind River Agency | SOUTHFORK |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wind River Agency | ANTONE |
| 8 August 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 5 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Lander Field Office | KINNEAR |
| 5 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 31 August 2005 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 28 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wind River Agency | JOHNSTOWN VALLEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kinnear: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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 | Gold | Prospect |
Storms near this place
10 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kinnear in 10 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 5 hail, 4 flood, 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 2009 | Hail | Kinnear | $25,000 | Penny sized hail accumulated to a depth of three or four inches along U.S. Highway 26 and nearby areas. The combination of rain and accumulating hail destroyed at least 200 tons of hay in fields around Kinnear. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinnear | $1,000 | Many healthy tree branches up to three inches in diameter were snapped off by strong wind at a home north of Kinnear. |
| June 2023 | Flood | Kinnear | - | Minor flooding occurred along the Wind River near Kinnear. No damage or road closures occurred. However, water was close to running over Highway 132 due to a clogged culvert. |
| June 2022 | Flood | Kinnear | - | The Wind River near Kinnear, WY peaked around 9 feet. The flooding was confined to low lying areas around the river and caused no known damage. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Kinnear | - | Nickel to quarter size hail fell from near Kinnear to north of Riverton. |
| May 2018 | Flood | Kinnear | - | Fremont County emergency management reported flooding near the Wind River and Highway 132. The south lane of traffic was covered with water for a day. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Kinnear | - | Penny sized hail fell just south of Ocean Lake. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Kinnear | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Kinnear | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Kinnear | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnstown | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Morton | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Pavillion | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Ethete | 10.1 miles | 8 | |
| Midvale | 13.1 miles | 9 | |
| Fort Washakie | 14.8 miles | 8 | |
| Wind River | 15.8 miles | 10 | |
| Arapahoe | 16.4 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Kinnear | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6414046 | 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 1590366. 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.




