BlockKirwin, Wyoming
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Meeteetse census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82433. It stands on Cascade Creek. The Survey maps it on the Francs Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1904 USGS Kirwin quadrangle1:125000
- 1906 USGS Kirwin quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Francs Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS The Ramshorn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Francs Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Kirwin in 2014, burning under an acre in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shoshone National Forest | GALENA |
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 Kirwin: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold, Lead, Zinc, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirwin | Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1892 | |
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Kirwin District | Copper | Past Producer | PORPHYRY 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.
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 Kirwin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q38249752 | 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 1600733. 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.