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Miners Delight, Wyoming

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Lander census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82520. It lies near Yankee Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Miners Delight quadrangle.

Miners Delight within Fremont County

On record in Miners Delight

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

39 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Miners Delight between 1994 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresShoshone National ForestLIMESTONE
4 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShoshone National ForestBEAVER CREEK
3 September 1996Smokingunder an acreShoshone National ForestLIMESTONE MOUNTAIN
27 September 2010Recreation and ceremony2.1 acresLander Field OfficeMARY ANN
27 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.3 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
2 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLander Field OfficeATLANTIC
19 September 2014Natural1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
19 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLander Field OfficeROCK CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fremont County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Miners Delight: 14 past producers, 5 occurrences, 5 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silver. 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
Atlantic City DistrictGold, TungstenPast ProducerGold, Scheelite
Copper Chief Gold MineGold, GarnetOccurrence
Duncan MineGold, SilverPast Producer
May and Jump ClaimsCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Mechanic &Emerald LodeSulfur-Pyrite, CopperOccurrence
Miners Delight MineGold, GraphitePast ProducerGold
One No. 17-24UraniumProspect
Rock Creek PlacersGold, Silver, Copper, Platinum, MicaProducerStream Placer
St Louis MineGold, ManganeseOccurrence
Tabor Grand MineArsenic, GoldProspect

Every working recorded in Fremont County

Storms near this place

7 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Miners Delight in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMiners Delight-Thunderstorms crossed the Wind River Mountains. Strong winds were produced by those thunderstorms at Red Canyon with wind gusts as high as 81 mph. The thunderstorms then progressed toward Lander and brought high wind there as well. A maximum wind gust of 74 mph was reported at the Lander airport.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMiners Delight-The wind sensor at Red Canyon had a maximum wind gust of 67 mph.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMiners Delight-Strong thunderstorm winds occurred at Red Canyon. The maximum wind gust reported was 73 mph.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMiners Delight-Winds gusted to 58 mph and 59 mph wind gusts at the Lander and Riverton ASOS sites, respectively. High gusts occurred in the mountains with several 76 mph wind gusts at Red Canyon near Highway 28.
July 2009HailMiners Delight-A WYDOT crew reported nickel sized hail.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindMiners Delight-Estimated thunderstorm wind of 50 to 60 mph occurred at the South Pass WYDOT maintenance facility.
July 2009HailMiners Delight-Red Canyon Ranch experienced golf ball sized.

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
Atlantic City3.7 miles10
South Pass City7.7 miles13
Erramouspe Place10.3 miles13
Last Crossing Ford Number 911.1 miles10
Kotey Place13.8 miles11
Lander20.9 miles12
Wyopo22.3 miles12
Milford24.3 miles10

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 Miners DelightAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6864218The 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 1601480. 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.