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New Jelm, Wyoming

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the South Albany census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82063. It lies near Pollock Draw. The Survey maps it on the Woods Landing quadrangle. It stands 7,605 feet above sea level.

New Jelm within Albany County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

25 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of New Jelm between 1994 and 2018, burning about 10,839 acres in total. 13 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
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
9 September 1994Natural2.0 acresMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grasslandnot named
20 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRawlins Field OfficeHIGHWAY 10
2 September 2001Smokingunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandLITTLE
16 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWyoming State ForestryWOODS CREEK LOOP FIRE
1 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresRawlins Field OfficeWOODSLANDI
6 August 2001Natural2.0 acresMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandBOOGER
4 August 1994Natural3.0 acresMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grasslandnot named
30 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandSHELLROCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of New Jelm: 4 prospects, 4 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Copper, Gold, Gold, Copper, Niobium (Columbium). 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
Colorado MineGold, Copper, Iron, Lead, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Silver
Jelm MountainCopper, Gold, BismuthProspectcontact vein
Jelm Mountain DistrictCopper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth, MolybdenumPast Producer1870
Unidentified ProspectCopperOccurrenceCopper
UnknownNiobium (Columbium)Prospect
UnknownManganeseProspect
Annie MineGold, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold
Mark Claim - Annie MineCopper, GoldOccurrence
Annie MineUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Albany 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
Jelm1.7 miles16
Woods Landing2.0 miles16
Gramm7.0 miles17
Foxpark7.6 miles17
Collins (historical)8.3 miles17
Albany9.6 miles14
Harmony9.9 miles18
Mountain Home10.0 miles17

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 New JelmAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30622163The 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 1601688. 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.