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.
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.
Hamilton Citylisted 1980 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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 Miners Delight quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Lander quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Lander quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Lander quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Lander quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Miners Delight quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
39 since 1994Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Shoshone National Forest | LIMESTONE |
| 4 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Shoshone National Forest | BEAVER CREEK |
| 3 September 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Shoshone National Forest | LIMESTONE MOUNTAIN |
| 27 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.1 acres | Lander Field Office | MARY ANN |
| 27 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.3 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lander Field Office | ATLANTIC |
| 19 September 2014 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lander Field Office | ROCK CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic City District | Gold, Tungsten | Past Producer | Gold, Scheelite | |
| Copper Chief Gold Mine | Gold, Garnet | Occurrence | ||
| Duncan Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| May and Jump Claims | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Mechanic &Emerald Lode | Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Miners Delight Mine | Gold, Graphite | Past Producer | Gold | |
| One No. 17-24 | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Rock Creek Placers | Gold, Silver, Copper, Platinum, Mica | Producer | Stream Placer | |
| St Louis Mine | Gold, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Tabor Grand Mine | Arsenic, Gold | Prospect |
Storms near this place
7 since 2009Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miners 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miners Delight | - | The wind sensor at Red Canyon had a maximum wind gust of 67 mph. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miners Delight | - | Strong thunderstorm winds occurred at Red Canyon. The maximum wind gust reported was 73 mph. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miners 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 2009 | Hail | Miners Delight | - | A WYDOT crew reported nickel sized hail. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miners Delight | - | Estimated thunderstorm wind of 50 to 60 mph occurred at the South Pass WYDOT maintenance facility. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Miners Delight | - | Red Canyon Ranch experienced golf ball sized. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic City | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| South Pass City | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Erramouspe Place | 10.3 miles | 13 | |
| Last Crossing Ford Number 9 | 11.1 miles | 10 | |
| Kotey Place | 13.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lander | 20.9 miles | 12 | |
| Wyopo | 22.3 miles | 12 | |
| Milford | 24.3 miles | 10 |
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 Delight | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6864218 | 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 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.





