Robinson, Wyoming

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Wamsutter census division. The Survey maps it on the Tipton quadrangle.

Robinson within Sweetwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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 Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Tipton quadrangle1:24000
1980 USGS Red Desert Basin quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Robinson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 588 acres in total. 3 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	17
Railroad operations and maintenance	9
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Natural	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Fireworks	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
3 September 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Rock Springs Field Office	BLOOMING FLOWER
3 September 2018	Fireworks	under an acre	Rock Springs Field Office	CONTANENTAL
27 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Rawlins Field Office	G L
27 September 2001	Railroad operations and maintenance	8.0 acres	Rawlins Field Office	TWO TRACKS
25 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16 acres	Rock Springs Field Office	TIPTON
25 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Rawlins Field Office	158
21 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Sweetwater County	MM155
2 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Rawlins Field Office	MILE MARKER 158

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sweetwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Robinson: 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
State Highway Department Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Highway Department Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel 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
Table Rock	3.2 miles	7
Tipton	3.5 miles	7
J O Junction	7.2 miles	7
Monell	8.6 miles	7
Red Desert	11.1 miles	8
Bitter Creek	13.1 miles	7
Fort LaClede (historical)	15.0 miles	6
Wamsutter	18.8 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597475. 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.