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Saddlestring, Wyoming

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Buffalo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82834. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stone Mountain quadrangle. It stands 5,440 feet above sea level.

Saddlestring within Johnson County

On record in Saddlestring

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

8 surveys from 13 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

13 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Saddlestring between 1992 and 2017, burning about 8,287 acres in total. 6 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
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony2

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 August 1996Naturalunder an acreBighorn National ForestROCK CREEK
28 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBuffalo Field OfficeSOUTH FORK
28 August 2017Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresJohnson CountyHF BAR
2 August 2017Naturalunder an acreBuffalo Field OfficeBEAR CANYON
2 August 2017Natural1.0 acresJohnson CountyBEAR CANYON FIRE
14 August 2012Natural8,189 acresBighorn National ForestGILEAD
10 August 2012Naturalunder an acreBighorn National ForestSTONE MOUNTAIN
10 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Saddlestring: 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Bentonite. 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
North Rock CreekGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
UnknownBentoniteProspect

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saddlestring in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 6 hail, 2 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
June 2020Thunderstorm WindSaddlestring-An outflow boundary moving into the area from the thunderstorms to the south brought high winds to the Buffalo, Wyoming airport. The maximum reported wind was 64 mph.
July 2018HailSaddlestring-A supercell thunderstorm brought hail of quarter to golf ball size across northern Johnson County, including across the city of Buffalo. There were numerous reports of crop damage as well as broken windows and damaged siding along the path.
May 2018FloodSaddlestring-Emergency management reported flooding near Fort Phil Kearney that covered old Highway 87 and temporarily closed Highway 193.
June 2016HailSaddlestring-A thunderstorm rapidly intensified along and downstream of the Bighorn Mountain foothills northwest of Buffalo. The storm tracked southeast through Saddlestring where the public reported nickel-sized hail at a rural ranch along Rock Creek.
July 2016HailSaddlestring-People at a Saddlestring ranch reported one inch diameter hail.
June 2010HailSaddlestring-Golf ball sized hail was reported at the Fort Phil Kearny Historic Site.
July 2009HailSaddlestring-Hail the size of quarters fell in Saddlestring.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindSaddlestring-Cottonwood trees as tall as 60 feet were reported down in Saddlestring.
July 2008HailSaddlestring-A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail.

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Kearny6.8 miles13
Buffalo12.8 miles12
Hazelton25.0 miles12
Mayoworth43.4 miles6
Kaycee53.2 miles6
Barnum54.6 miles7
Sussex61.2 miles6
Linstead Place63.4 miles6

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 SaddlestringAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7397771The 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 1604592. 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.