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Leo, Wyoming

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Hanna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82327. It lies near Bunker Draw. The Survey maps it on the Leo quadrangle.

Leo within Carbon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Leo between 1994 and 2020, burning about 259 acres in total. 15 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
Natural15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
24 September 2012Naturalunder an acreRawlins Field OfficeMIRACLE MILE
8 August 2001Naturalunder an acreRawlins Field OfficeSAGE CREEK
30 August 1994Natural1.0 acresRawlins Field OfficeCANYON
26 August 2006Naturalunder an acreRawlins Field OfficePORTIS
25 August 2015Natural1.7 acresRawlins Field OfficeGOOSE BERRY CREEK
20 August 2003Natural191 acresRawlins Field OfficeW CHIMNEYS
17 August 2018Naturalunder an acreRawlins Field OfficeMIRACLE
14 August 1994Natural20 acresRawlins Field OfficeSHIRLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carbon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Leo: 5 prospects, 4 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone, Feldspar. 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
BentleyFeldsparProspect
Heath Peak claims nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4GraphiteProspect
Little Man MineUranium, Graphite, Copper, MolybdenumPast ProducerUraninite, Uranophane, Kasolite
UnknownGemstoneOccurrenceJade
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Becky Lynn ClaimUraniumUnknown
Big Bug ClaimUraniumUnknown
Doozle #3UraniumProspect
Hard HeadUraniumProspectPegmatite
Omega Claim GroupUraniumProspect

Every working recorded in Carbon 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
Seminoe Dam8.7 miles10
Shirley (historical)17.6 miles9
McCargar Place17.8 miles10
Ferris (historical)20.4 miles10
Marvin Place (historical)20.7 miles10
Paradise21.7 miles9
Sampo (historical)29.1 miles13
Hanna29.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1590644. 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.