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Quealy, Wyoming

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rock Springs North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82901. The Survey maps it on the Rock Springs quadrangle.

Quealy within Sweetwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Quealy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 309 acres in total. 25 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/undetermined40
Natural25
Fireworks25
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony4
Firearms and explosives use3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning2

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
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRock Springs Field OfficePIPELINE
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSweetwater CountySPRINGS
26 September 2020Smokingunder an acreSweetwater CountyBELT LOOP
25 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSweetwater CountyCOLLEGE FIRE
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresRock Springs Field OfficeHORSE CORRAL
21 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSweetwater CountyMADISON DRIVE FIRE
21 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeWHITE MOUN
2 September 1995Naturalunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeJENKINS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sweetwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Quealy: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica. 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
State Highway Department Gravel PitSilicaProducer
Rock Springs Phos-Acid Plant (Facility)Phosphorus-PhosphatesPlant1986
Rock Springs Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer1987
State Highway DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Highway DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
WylieSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Sweetwater 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
Blairtown2.5 miles13
Rock Springs3.5 miles13
Arrowhead Springs4.1 miles13
Clearview Acres4.1 miles8
Purple Sage5.4 miles8
Kanda6.3 miles8
North Rock Springs7.6 miles9
Reliance9.1 miles11

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 Q122561631The 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 1597464. 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.