Sand Draw, Wyoming
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Jeffrey City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82501. The Survey maps it on the Sand Draw quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Sand Draw quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Lander quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Lander quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sand Draw quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Lander quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Lander quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Sand Draw between 2002 and 2020, burning about 43 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Lander Field Office | BOBCAT DRAW |
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 27 acres | Lander Field Office | OIL MOUNTAIN |
| 10 August 2020 | Natural | 14 acres | Fremont County | MCTURK |
| 10 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Wind River / Bighorn Basin District | OIL WELLS |
| 2 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lander Field Office | SAND DRAW |
| 21 May 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Lander Field Office | SAND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Sand Draw: 7 prospects, 6 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Zeolites. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Divide | Zeolites | Unknown | ||
| B & H #1 | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Bearspring Area | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Canary #2 | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Climax #19 | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| E-20 Claim | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Franciscan Claims | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Jonebell #10 | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| M-9 Claim | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Necessity #8 | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sand Draw in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2015: 1 lightning, 1 hail. 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 2009 | Lightning | Sand Draw | $40,000 | Lightning struck four tanks about 15 miles southeast of Riverton causing two to explode and all to rupture. Contents of the containers were spilled on the ground during the incident. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Sand Draw | - | A NWS Employee found penny sized hail two inches deep 15 minutes after a storm passed across State Highway 135 near Sand Draw. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myersville (historical) | 14.2 miles | 8 | |
| Sweetwater Station | 15.1 miles | 9 | |
| Sweetwater Crossing | 15.1 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Stephens | 19.8 miles | 10 | |
| Riverton | 21.1 miles | 8 | |
| Arapahoe | 21.5 miles | 10 | |
| Kotey Place | 22.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hudson | 23.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1593854. 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.





