Rafter J Ranch, Wyoming
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Jackson Hole census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83001. It lies near South Park. The Survey maps it on the Jackson quadrangle. 1,179 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,063 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRafter J Ranch grew from 1,075 to 1,179 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,075 | |
| 2020 | 1,179 | +104 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1931 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1935 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Rafter J Ranch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,000 acres in total. 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 54 acres | Bridger-Teton National Forest | WILSON CANYON |
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,373 acres | Bridger-Teton National Forest | HORSETHIEF CANYON |
| 6 September 2020 | Smoking | 102 acres | Bridger-Teton National Forest | SWINGING BRIDGE |
| 25 September 2001 | Natural | 14 acres | Bridger-Teton National Forest | TAYLOR CREEK |
| 2 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Bridger-Teton National Forest | MIDNIGHT |
| 14 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Rafter J Ranch: 3 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Gold, Vanadium, Silver, Mercury, Chromium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snow King Mountain Trench | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Silver, Mercury, Chromium | Occurrence | 1966 | |
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Crescent H Fall Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Location C Occurrence | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Wilson South Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Park | 0.4 miles | 14 | |
| Jackson | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Wilson | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Moose Wilson Road | 7.3 miles | 17 | |
| Hoback Junction | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hoback | 10.0 miles | 13 | |
| Teton Village | 11.3 miles | 17 | |
| Moose | 16.4 miles | 15 |
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 Rafter J Ranch | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1949021 | 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 1867668. 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.







