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Milford, Wyoming

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Lander census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82520. It lies near Lander Hill. The Survey maps it on the Ray Lake quadrangle.

Milford within Fremont County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

180 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Milford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 550 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 burning66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Fireworks20
Recreation and ceremony12
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarism5.7 acresWind River AgencyPLUNKET COMPLEX
7 September 2011Smokingunder an acreWind River AgencyMILL CREEK RD
7 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use10 acresWind River Agency132HIWAY
17 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
14 September 2005Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
14 September 2005Debris and open burning5.5 acresWind River AgencyTLLMNCIRCL
12 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreWind River Agency127 PLUNKETT
9 August 2009Smokingunder an acreWind River AgencyMILE POST 9

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fremont County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Milford: 6 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Baldwin CreekPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Milford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wypo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lander Area # 2Gypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Fremont County

Storms near this place

8 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milford in 8 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
June 2012LightningMilford1 hurtLightning injured a 25-year-old man when it struck next to him as he was helping set a manufactured home north of Lander. The man was on his hands and knees on wet ground when the bolt struck near him and traveled through his body around 1300MST. The bolt exited his back leaving a large blister and he was hospitalized for three days as a result. After returning home the man was still experiencing chest pain, blurry eyesight, and pain in his extremities.
July 2025HailMilford-A retired National Weather Service meteorologist reported ping pong ball size hail to the northwest of Lander. Penny size hail fell in Hudson.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindMilford-An automated sensor along the North Fork of the Popo Agie River had a peak wind of 64 mph at 1225MST. This gust was followed at 1228MST by a 62 mph gust at the ASOS at Lander Hunt Field.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindMilford-A wind gust to 62 mph was recorded at a ranch on the North Fork of the Popo Agie River west of Milford.
July 2009HailMilford-A trained spotter near Milford reported nickel sized hail.
July 2009HailMilford-Hail up to nickel size fell in a swath from northwest of Lander to near Red Canyon. The hail covered the ground southeast of Lander near Lyons Valley Road.
May 2008HailMilford-Hail of 0.88 to 1.50 inches in diameter fell around Milford northwest of Lander.
September 2004Tornado (F0)Milford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fremont 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
Boulder Flats2.6 miles10
Lander4.1 miles12
Wyopo5.2 miles12
Wind River9.3 miles10
Ethete10.3 miles8
Fort Washakie10.4 miles8
Hudson10.8 miles11
Kotey Place14.2 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597406. 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.