Riner, Wyoming

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wamsutter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82301. The Survey maps it on the Riner quadrangle.

Riner within Sweetwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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.

1954 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Riner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Rawlins quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

14 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Riner between 2000 and 2020, burning about 382 acres in total. 4 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	6
Natural	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Equipment and vehicle use	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
6 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	350 acres	Rawlins Field Office	WAGONHOUND
3 September 2002	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Rawlins Field Office	STEELTRACK
17 August 2012	Natural	under an acre	Rawlins Field Office	CRANE
17 August 2006	Natural	15 acres	Rawlins Field Office	REINER
8 July 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Rawlins Field Office	OUELLET
25 July 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Wyoming State Forestry	MP192 I-80
24 July 2000	Railroad operations and maintenance	7.0 acres	Rawlins Field Office	RINER
23 July 2016	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Rawlins Field Office	FLAT TIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Wamsutter

Every fire recorded in Sweetwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Riner: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unknown Borrow Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Sweetwater 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Creston Junction	9.4 miles	10
Creston	11.1 miles	10
Wamsutter	23.1 miles	11
Red Desert	30.8 miles	8
Bairoil	35.1 miles	8
Tipton	38.5 miles	7
Robinson	41.9 miles	7
Table Rock	45.2 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1593472. 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.