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Salt Creek, Wyoming

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Casper North census division. The Survey maps it on the Salt Creek quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Salt Creek within Natrona 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.

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 Salt Creek (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 222 acres in total. 8 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/undetermined12
Natural8
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Fireworks1
Debris and open burning1

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 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresCasper Field OfficeSALT CREEK
24 September 1998Power generation/transmission/distribution12 acresCasper Field OfficeLIVE WIRE
23 September 2005Natural3.0 acresCasper Field OfficeSTOVE GL2
23 September 2005Naturalunder an acreCasper Field OfficeSTOVE GULC
20 September 1996Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresCasper Field OfficeHUNT
15 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresNatrona CountyMM 220
11 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCasper Field Office259 NUMBER 2
11 September 1995Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresCasper Field OfficeBOTHWELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Natrona County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Salt Creek (historical): 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite, Asbestos. 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
Casper Mtn Asbestos DepositsAsbestosPast Producer
Steele FormationBentoniteProspect
UnknownBentoniteProspect

Every working recorded in Natrona 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
Midwest4.9 miles7
Edgerton6.0 miles7
Camel Hump13.2 miles6
Antelope Hills18.4 miles7
Blue Hill (historical)18.6 miles7
Beck Place25.1 miles6
Homa Hills25.5 miles11
Bucknum27.7 miles6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597487. 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.