Moran, Wyoming
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Jackson Hole census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83013. It stands on Buffalo Fork. The Survey maps it on the Moran quadrangle. It stands 6,749 feet above sea level.
On record in Moran
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 3 records
AMK Ranchlisted 1990
Leek's Lodge- Rosencrans Cabin Historic Districtlisted 1980
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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 Moran quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Jackson Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Moran quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
67 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Moran between 1992 and 2020, burning about 206 acres in total. 41 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 | 41 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | LUCKY |
| 6 September 2007 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Grand Teton National Park | MATILDA |
| 4 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | LOZIER HILL |
| 21 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | ELK RANCH |
| 13 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | CHIEF |
| 12 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | PCHUNTCAMP |
| 11 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | DWYER |
| 10 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Teton National Park | LOZIER |
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 Moran: 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Gold, Uranium, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Fork Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Cowboy Lode | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Pumice | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
7 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moran in 7 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 4 hail, 2 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death and 6 injuries. 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 2022 | Lightning | Moran | 1 killed, 1 hurt | On Tuesday evening, August 2, 2022 lightning struck a group of backpackers camped at Enos Lake in the Teton Wilderness. One person, a 22-year-old male, died in the incident, while another, an adult male, sustained major injuries. The lightning bolt reportedly hit the backpackers at camp. The men were part of a group of 14 adults on an organized wilderness trip. This information is directly from a Teton County Search and Rescue press release describing the event. |
| June 2002 | Lightning | Moran | 5 hurt | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moran | $15,000 | A collapsing thunderstorm produced damaging outflow wind. Several large trees and power poles were blown down, especially in the area of Colter Bay and Pilgrim Creek in Grand Teton National Park. Several interior service roads in the park were temporarily blocked by downed trees. Large plate-glass windows were blown out in the Mural Room of Jackson Lake Lodge but no injuries were reported. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Moran | - | Hail to the size of nickels was reported at Signal Mountain Lodge. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Moran | - | Nickel sized hail and wind gusts approaching 50 mph were reported at the Signal Mountain Marina. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Moran | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Moran | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Colter Bay Village | 8.3 miles | 15 | |
| Grovont | 15.9 miles | 15 | |
| Beaver Creek | 16.1 miles | 15 | |
| Kelly | 16.3 miles | 15 | |
| Moose | 17.0 miles | 15 | |
| Teton Village | 24.4 miles | 17 | |
| Moose Wilson Road | 28.2 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 Moran | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q539945 | 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 1604433. 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.







