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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1908 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 40 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Fireworks | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | PIPELINE |
| 3 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sweetwater County | SPRINGS |
| 26 September 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Sweetwater County | BELT LOOP |
| 25 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sweetwater County | COLLEGE FIRE |
| 24 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | HORSE CORRAL |
| 21 September 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Sweetwater County | MADISON DRIVE FIRE |
| 21 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | WHITE MOUN |
| 2 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | JENKINS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Highway Department Gravel Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Rock Springs Phos-Acid Plant (Facility) | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant | 1986 | |
| Rock Springs Phosphoric Acid Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | 1987 | |
| State Highway Dept | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Highway Dept | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wylie | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blairtown | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Rock Springs | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Arrowhead Springs | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Clearview Acres | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Purple Sage | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Kanda | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| North Rock Springs | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Reliance | 9.1 miles | 11 |
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 Q122561631 | 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 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.






