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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.

Rafter J Ranch within Teton County

Population over time

2 figures

Rafter 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,075
20201,179+104 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

73 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony13
Smoking4
Fireworks4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use54 acresBridger-Teton National ForestWILSON CANYON
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,373 acresBridger-Teton National ForestHORSETHIEF CANYON
6 September 2020Smoking102 acresBridger-Teton National ForestSWINGING BRIDGE
25 September 2001Natural14 acresBridger-Teton National ForestTAYLOR CREEK
2 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
17 September 1994Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresBridger-Teton National ForestMIDNIGHT
14 September 2009Naturalunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
14 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Teton County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Snow King Mountain TrenchPhosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Silver, Mercury, ChromiumOccurrence1966
UnknownGoldOccurrence
Crescent H Fall Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Location C OccurrencePhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Wilson South Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Teton 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
South Park0.4 miles14
Jackson4.2 miles14
Wilson6.5 miles17
Moose Wilson Road7.3 miles17
Hoback Junction8.0 miles12
Hoback10.0 miles13
Teton Village11.3 miles17
Moose16.4 miles15

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 RanchAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1949021The 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.