Monell, Wyoming
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Wamsutter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82901. The Survey maps it on the Table Rock quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Table Rock quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Red Desert Basin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Monell between 1994 and 2016, burning about 21 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | MONELL |
| 14 September 2002 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | BAR 10 |
| 4 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | ADOBE |
| 2 August 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | RR 2 |
| 17 August 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | TABLE ROCK |
| 16 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | ELECTRIC |
| 20 July 2002 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | PATRICK DR |
| 16 July 2014 | Natural | 6.1 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | TABLE ROCK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Monell: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Highway Department Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monell in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monell | - | The weather sensor at Bitter Creek along Interstate 80 had a wind gust to 76 mph. |
| October 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Monell | - | A rope funnel cloud was photographed over the higher terrain near Table Rock south of Interstate 80. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monell | - | A wind gust to 74 mph was measured at the Bitter Creek observation site along Interstate 80. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitter Creek | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Table Rock | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| J O Junction | 6.2 miles | 7 | |
| Robinson | 8.6 miles | 7 | |
| Tipton | 12.0 miles | 7 | |
| Fort LaClede (historical) | 13.1 miles | 6 | |
| Point of Rocks | 17.1 miles | 8 | |
| Red Desert | 19.7 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122572723 | 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 1597416. 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.




