BlockLittle Medicine, Wyoming
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Rock River census division. It stands on Bell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rock Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Rock Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Laramie Peak quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Rock Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Little Medicine between 1996 and 2007, burning about 25 acres in total. 1 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1999 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Rawlins Field Office | CAMP PLACE |
| 10 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | LITTLE MEDICINE |
| 7 October 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | BEAVER CREEK |
| 5 October 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Casper Field Office | BEAVER |
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Little Medicine: 2 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenning Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcocite | |
| Night Owl Claims | Uranium | Past Producer | Carnotite | |
| Perry Claim | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Tsg No 1 Pit | Uranium | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reed Place | 15.6 miles | 10 | |
| Toltec | 18.0 miles | 10 | |
| Binford | 33.8 miles | 12 | |
| Point of Rocks | 37.2 miles | 12 | |
| Rock Creek (historical) | 37.9 miles | 8 | |
| Wilcox | 40.8 miles | 8 | |
| Rock River | 44.4 miles | 8 | |
| Harper | 46.8 miles | 8 |
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 Q30622153 | 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 1601002. 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.