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Mayoworth, Wyoming

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Kaycee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82639. It stands on Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mayoworth quadrangle. It stands 5,230 feet above sea level.

Mayoworth within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 6 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

17 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Mayoworth between 1994 and 2020, burning about 133 acres in total. 9 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
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8

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
23 September 2013Naturalunder an acreBuffalo Field OfficePEDDY
11 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
10 September 2009Natural2.0 acresBuffalo Field OfficeDEEP WELL
9 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
23 August 2002Naturalunder an acreBuffalo Field OfficeBIG AL
20 August 2002Natural1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
30 July 2020Naturalunder an acreJohnson CountyMARK
28 July 2012Natural1.0 acresBuffalo Field OfficeDEEPWELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Mayoworth: 17 occurrences, 7 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite, Uranium, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Pass Reservoir AreaLimestone, General, Gypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Daniel's Pit Number TwoSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gorden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Red Fork Powder River Area # 1Gypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Red Fork Powder River Area #2Gypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
J L Masek #1UraniumOccurrence
J.L. Masek's Lode #1UraniumOccurrence
Lode #1UraniumOccurrenceStratabound
Ram #3 & #4UraniumOccurrence
Ramshorn #1UraniumProspect

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

9 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mayoworth in 9 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2022Thunderstorm WindMayoworth$5,000A thunderstorm produced a microburst that brought tree damage in the vicinity of Doyle Creek Campground to the south of Hazelton in the Bighorn Range. Several trees were uprooted or snapped off above the ground.
July 2009Flash FloodMayoworth$5,000Robinson Road near the mouth of Robinson Canyon was impacted by flash flood waters when culverts became inundated due to heavy rain. Radar estimated rainfall of three to four inches occurred in the Poison Creek and Middle Fork Crazy Woman Creek drainages at the foot of the Bighorn Mountains. A county road and bridge crew was required to clear the culvert and roadway.
July 2013HailMayoworth$1,000A near severe thunderstorm moved south-southeast across southern Johnson County. Ranchers reported hail up to the size of nickels. Heavy rain caused minor flooding at ranches around Mayoworth. Several hay and barley fields were damaged due to the combination of hail and rain. Other damage included broken camper windows and rear-view mirrors.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMayoworth-A sheephearders monument was blown down near Tabletop Mountain in the Bighorn Mountain Range. Wind measurements from nearby sensors and structure damage support a 60 to 75 mph wind speed estimate.
June 2018Tornado (EF2)Mayoworth-An EF-2 tornado with maximum winds at 120 mph, touched down in the higher elevations of western Johnson county. This tornado touched down in a large forested area, downing or snapping nearly a thousand trees throughout its path.
August 2013HailMayoworth-A trained spotter reported penny sized hail in Mayoworth.
August 2009HailMayoworth-Nickel sized hail fell near Mayoworth.
May 2008FloodMayoworth-Heavy rainfall and melting snow caused rapid rises on the North Fork and Middle Fork of the Powder River near Kaycee, Barnum, and Mayoworth. Both branches of the river flooded. Rainfall totals ranged from around 3.25 inches to near 5.00 inches. A report from near Mayoworth indicated 6.36 inches fell over three days.||In Kaycee, the arena at Harold Jarrard Park was flooded, but no damage was reported in town. Sandbagging efforts began two days in advance of the flood and protected area homes which were at no time evacuated. The flooded areas were mainly comprised of agricultural lowlands or areas within the historic flood plain.
June 2007HailMayoworth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Kaycee11.7 miles6
Barnum13.1 miles7
Hazelton20.5 miles12
Linstead Place22.4 miles6
Sussex27.9 miles6
Sussex Unit34.9 miles7
Linch35.2 miles7
Buffalo36.0 miles12

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 MayoworthAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20658033The 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 1597396. 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.