Morton, Wyoming
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1962. It stands in the Wind River Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82516. The Survey maps it on the Morton quadrangle. It stands 5,515 feet above sea level.
On record in Morton
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 1 record
ELY Wind River Diversion Dam Bridgelisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1951 USGS Morton quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Morton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Morton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Wind River Agency | SOUTHFORK |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fremont County | 11400 US HWY 26 |
| 29 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fremont County | 11000 US HWY 26 |
| 8 August 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 5 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Lander Field Office | KINNEAR |
| 17 August 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lander Field Office | PILOT BUTTE |
| 4 July 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Fremont County | PILOT BUTTE |
| 22 July 2013 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morton in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morton | $20,000 | Measured wind gusts of 57 to 61 mph lifted a 16x40 foot metal structure which was staked to the ground and tossed it 60 to 70 feet downwind. |
| June 2017 | Flood | Morton | - | Snow melt from the mountains produced flooding in the low lying areas near Kinnear. The flooding remained over low lying areas and agricultural land along the Wind River and produced little or no damage. |
| June 2017 | Flood | Morton | - | Flood water from the Wind River and flowed across US 26 just to the west of Morton. The water covered the road to a depth of over a foot at times. This resulted in two different closures of the road, the longest of which lasted almost four days, stretching from afternoon of June 7th until around noon on June 11th. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Morton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pavillion | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Kinnear | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Johnstown | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Ethete | 12.1 miles | 8 | |
| Fort Washakie | 14.6 miles | 8 | |
| Wind River | 15.9 miles | 10 | |
| Midvale | 17.5 miles | 9 | |
| Boulder Flats | 19.9 miles | 10 |
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 Morton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6914803 | 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 1597419. 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.
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.




