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Seely, Wyoming

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Hulett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82720. It stands on Seely Fork. The Survey maps it on the Seely quadrangle.

Seely within Crook County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

18 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Seely between 1992 and 2020, burning about 449 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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 August 2020Natural10 acresCrook CountySTRAWBERRY HILL
19 August 2006Natural1.7 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
19 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
19 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
17 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
10 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
4 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
31 July 2003Natural33 acresNew Castle Field OfficeSEELY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crook County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Seely: 7 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, 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
Cedar Creek No 1BentoniteProducer
Davidson PropertyUraniumOccurrence
Locality #17UraniumOccurrence
Saddle GroupUraniumProspectStratabound
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
UnknownUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Crook 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
Hulett8.7 miles12
Alva12.3 miles12
New Haven12.7 miles12
Mona12.7 miles14
Devils Tower15.6 miles13
Carlile Junction21.4 miles13
Oshoto22.7 miles12
Stroner22.7 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597491. 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.