New Fork, Wyoming
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Boulder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82923. It stands on East Fork River. The Survey maps it on the Boulder quadrangle.
On record in New Fork
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- New Forklisted 1987 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Lander quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Lander quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Lander quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Boulder quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Pinedale quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of New Fork between 1995 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 July 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Pinedale Field Office | MILE MARKER 90 |
| 1 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 19 June 2006 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Pinedale Field Office | LOVATT |
| 21 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Sublette County | GRABEL |
| 17 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.7 acres | Pinedale Field Office | FISH |
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 New Fork: 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Fork in 3 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 1 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | New Fork | - | The Sublette County emergency manager reported a landspout east of Marbleton. The landspout remained over open country and caused no known damage. |
| July 2011 | Flood | New Fork | - | The New Fork River was flooded in sections around State Highway 351 and upstream near the confluence of Boulder Creek. |
| June 2004 | Hail | New Fork | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Pinedale | 13.8 miles | 11 | |
| Big Sandy | 14.0 miles | 9 | |
| Sylvan Bay Summer Home Area | 17.8 miles | 11 | |
| Cora | 21.6 miles | 10 | |
| Daniel | 22.0 miles | 10 | |
| Daniel Junction | 22.8 miles | 10 | |
| Marbleton | 23.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597429. 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.




