Orin Junction, Wyoming
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Douglas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82633. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Orin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1949 USGS Orin quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Orin quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Orin Junction between 2003 and 2020, burning about 78 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 | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2017 | Natural | 44 acres | Casper Field Office | COUNTY LINE |
| 20 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Converse County | FRONTAGE |
| 11 July 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 1 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Converse County | RAILROAD TIE |
| 29 June 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Converse County | SHAWNEE CREEK |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Converse County | MM 122 |
| 8 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Converse County | 18-20 |
| 2 October 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Converse County | ORIN WAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Orin Junction: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barkdoll Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Orin Junction Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cactus 4 Claim | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Lucky Ann #1 | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Mickey 1 | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Shawnee Creek Area | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orin | 0.5 miles | 8 | |
| Ammon | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Deadmans Corner | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Irvine | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Shawnee | 11.2 miles | 9 | |
| Douglas | 12.7 miles | 10 | |
| Lost Springs | 15.7 miles | 7 | |
| Esterbrook | 19.3 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122560807 | 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 1597445. 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.




