Minnesela, Wyoming

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Thermopolis West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82443. It stands on Red Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wedding of the Waters quadrangle.

Minnesela within Hot Springs County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1955 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1960 USGS Wedding Of The Waters quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Minnesela between 1992 and 2020, burning about 123 acres in total. 36 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
Natural	36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Fireworks	8
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Debris and open burning	2

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
6 September 2009	Natural	under an acre	Worland Field Office	SAGE VALLEY
6 September 2009	Natural	under an acre	Worland Field Office	TOWER
11 September 2018	Fireworks	1.0 acres	Hotsprings County	FISH
10 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Worland Field Office	RED CANYON
1 September 2011	Natural	under an acre	Wind River Agency	RED SPRINGS
9 August 2005	Natural	under an acre	Worland Field Office	BUFFALO CR
8 August 2020	Natural	under an acre	Wind River / Bighorn Basin District	COYOTE 2
8 August 2020	Natural	under an acre	Wind River / Bighorn Basin District	COYOTE 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hot Springs County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Minnesela: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Dolomite, Bentonite, Calcium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Lucerne Mine	Bentonite	Producer
N-Vam Mine and Mile	Calcium	Past Producer
Unknown	Dolomite	Occurrence
Park Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Talovich	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Hot Springs 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Thermopolis	4.2 miles	8
East Thermopolis	4.3 miles	8
Red Lane	6.4 miles	8
Nickelson Place	9.3 miles	8
Lucerne	10.5 miles	8
Kirby	15.2 miles	10
Owl Creek	22.9 miles	12
Hamilton Dome	23.0 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597413. 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.