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Red Buttes, Wyoming

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the South Albany census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82070. The Survey maps it on the Red Buttes quadrangle.

Red Buttes within Albany County

On record in Red Buttes

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

8 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Red Buttes between 1992 and 2016, burning about 42 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined4
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
25 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use5.2 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
23 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
10 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
30 June 2015Naturalunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
7 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
29 April 2009Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
7 November 2015Fireworks2.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
1 January 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Red Buttes: 2 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Perlite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Airborne Anomaly #57-14UraniumOccurrence
Fay PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nippr #1 ProspectPerliteProspect
Harney Creek ValleyGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Red Buttes AreaGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Sportsman LakeGypsum-AnhydriteProspect
Sprotsman LakeGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Albany County

Storms near this place

2 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Buttes in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023FloodRed Buttes-Flooded county roads with a neighborhood entrance blocked due to a clogged culvert.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindRed Buttes-Winds were measured using a vantage 2 pro Davis weather sensor with sighting 30 feet above ground.

Every storm recorded in Albany 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
The Buttes1.6 miles18
Tie Siding8.4 miles19
West Laramie8.8 miles19
Hermosa8.9 miles16
Laramie8.9 miles19
Dale Creek12.8 miles16
Sherman14.2 miles16
Harmony14.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1593244. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.