Moose, Wyoming
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Jackson Hole census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83012. It stands on Ditch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Moose quadrangle.
On record in Moose
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 12 of 33 shown
Murie Ranch Historic DistrictNational Historic Landmark · listed 1998
4 Lazy F Dude Ranchlisted 1990
Administrative Area Historic District, Oldlisted 1990
Bar B C Dude Ranchlisted 1990
Brinkerhoff, Thelisted 1990
Cascade Canyon Barnlisted 1998
Andy Chambers Ranch Historic Districtlisted 1990
Chapel of the Transfigurationlisted 1980
Cunningham Cabinlisted 1973
Death Canyon Barnlisted 1998
Double Diamond Dude Ranch Dining Halllisted 1998
Highlands Historic Districtlisted 1998
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1899 USGS Grand Teton quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Grand Teton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Moose quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Jackson Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Moose between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,123 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 39 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 340 acres | Grand Teton National Park | HAYFIELDS |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | PRONGHORN |
| 21 September 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Grand Teton National Park | W. TAGGART |
| 15 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | CAR |
| 14 September 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | POWERLINE |
| 9 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | SCIENCE SC |
| 6 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | AIRPORT |
| 30 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | GARTH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Moose: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Slide Area | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moose in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Lightning | Moose | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moose | $10,000 | Several trees were downed in a swath from the Death Canyon Trailhead east across the Moose-Wilson Road. Motorists were trapped on the road by fallen trees which were blocking passage. One vehicle was damaged near Death Canyon due to a fallen tree. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moose | - | A 60 mph wind gust was reported at the weather station at the Teton Saddle. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Moose | - | Nickel sized hail was seen at Moose by a trained spotter. |
| August 2003 | Wildfire | Moose | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Moose | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Creek | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Grovont | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Kelly | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Teton Village | 7.5 miles | 17 | |
| Moose Wilson Road | 11.2 miles | 17 | |
| Jackson | 12.4 miles | 14 | |
| Elk | 12.8 miles | 16 | |
| Wilson | 13.5 miles | 17 |
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 Moose | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3323618 | 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 1591745. 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.






