Oil Springs, Wyoming
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Hanna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82329. The Survey maps it on the Como East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 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.
- 1914 USGS Saddleback Hills quadrangle1:62500
- 1921 USGS Saddleback Hills quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Como East quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Medicine Bow quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
2 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Oil Springs between 2001 and 2017, burning about 6 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 | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2017 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Rawlins Field Office | FREEZEOUT MOUNTAIN |
| 21 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rawlins Field Office | MP36 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Oil Springs: 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flattop Anticline Area | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Freezeout-Seminoe Area | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oil Springs in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 1 flash flood, 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 2024 | Hail | Oil Springs | - | A storm chaser reported half dollar sized hail 9 miles N of Medicine Bow. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Oil Springs | - | Two to three inches of rain in three hours caused flash flooding about five miles east and northeast of Battle Mountain with a few dirt roads washed out. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine Bow | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Carbon | 11.4 miles | 12 | |
| Paradise | 11.8 miles | 9 | |
| Sampo (historical) | 13.4 miles | 13 | |
| Elmo | 16.2 miles | 17 | |
| Hanna | 17.7 miles | 17 | |
| Shirley (historical) | 17.8 miles | 9 | |
| Old Brooks Place | 21.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1592370. 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.








