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Red Lane, Wyoming

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Thermopolis West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82443. It lies in Red Lane Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Thermopolis quadrangle.

Red Lane within Hot Springs County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Red Lane between 1992 and 2020, burning about 117 acres in total. 23 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
Natural23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Fireworks9
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
6 September 2009Naturalunder an acreWorland Field OfficeTOWER
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWorland Field OfficeWILLOW DRW
22 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWorland Field OfficeLUCERNE
11 September 2018Fireworks1.0 acresHotsprings CountyFISH
8 August 2020Naturalunder an acreWind River / Bighorn Basin DistrictCOYOTE 1
8 August 2020Naturalunder an acreWind River / Bighorn Basin DistrictSAGE VALLEY
7 August 2020Natural3.0 acresWyoming State ForestryNOUSTREM
6 August 2019Natural1.0 acresHotsprings CountyLOVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hot Springs 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 Lane: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Bentonite, Calcium. 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
Brutch Sulphur DepositSulfurProducerSulfur
Lucerne MineBentoniteProducer
N-Vam Mine and MileCalciumPast Producer
Andreen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
HarveySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Park PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
ShaferSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hot Springs 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
East Thermopolis2.3 miles8
Thermopolis2.3 miles8
Lucerne4.2 miles8
Minnesela6.4 miles8
Kirby8.8 miles10
Nickelson Place12.7 miles8
Owl Creek20.4 miles12
Hamilton Dome20.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597638. 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.