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Moneta, Wyoming

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Shoshoni census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82642. It lies in Moneta Draw. The Survey maps it on the Moneta quadrangle. It stands 5,440 feet above sea level.

Moneta within Fremont County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

5 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Moneta between 2002 and 2018, burning about 60 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
19 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLander Field OfficeMONETA
18 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution2.1 acresLander Field OfficeMONETA
7 July 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLander Field Office77
21 June 2018Natural16 acresLander Field OfficeMONETA
21 June 2002Natural42 acresLander Field OfficeCASTLEGARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fremont County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Moneta: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lucky Mcnoble MineUraniumProducer

Every working recorded in Fremont County

Storms near this place

11 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moneta in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 5 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
July 2025Flash FloodMoneta$20,000WYDOT employee reported water was 4 feet deep flowing across the highway near Frenchie Draw. Water was on road for about 2 hours, which was the length of the closure. Damages estimated.
August 2019HailMoneta$500Up to ping pong ball size hail fell near Moneta. A man reported his truck was damaged by the falling hail.
July 2025HailMoneta-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail east of Moneta.
May 2015Funnel CloudMoneta-The public witnessed four funnel clouds south of US Highway 20/26 between Shoshoni and Moneta.
June 2014HailMoneta-Hail up to one inch in diameter was measured at Castle Gardens. The hail lasted for approximately 15 minutes and accumulated to a depth of two inches.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindMoneta-Wind gusts estimated at 70 mph were reported by a tourist at Castle Gardens.
June 2013HailMoneta-A tour group at Castle Gardens was struck by hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter.
July 2004Flash FloodMoneta-no account filed
June 2003Funnel CloudMoneta-no account filed
June 2003HailMoneta-no account filed
April 1999Tornado (F0)Moneta-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
Lysite7.6 miles7
Lost Cabin9.9 miles7
Madden11.3 miles6
Snyder Place19.8 miles8
Bonneville19.9 miles9
Shoshoni21.1 miles7
Boysen30.6 miles8
Riverton36.0 miles8

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 MonetaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14714802The 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 1609126. 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.