Sage, Wyoming
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kemmerer West census division. It lies near Bulldog Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Sage quadrangle. It stands 6,332 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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 Ogden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sage quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Kemmerer quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sage quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Sage between 1994 and 2018, burning about 296 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 | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1994 | Natural | 80 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | GOOSEBERRY |
| 17 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | SAGE |
| 5 July 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | DERAILED |
| 29 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | TWIN |
| 18 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.8 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | DEER CREEK |
| 27 June 2007 | Natural | 200 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | SAGE JCT |
| 24 June 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Kemmerer Field Office | BOTTLE ROCKET |
| 25 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | LAMBCHOP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Sage: 4 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leefe Mill (Facility) | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Leefe Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium | Past Producer | 1905, 1908, 1978 | |
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| State Line Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sage in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sage | - | Wind gusts of 59 mph occurred to the east of Sage Junction. |
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.
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 Sage | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19877656 | The 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 1597485. 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.





