Sherman, Wyoming
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the South Albany census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82070. The Survey maps it on the Buford quadrangle. It stands 8,035 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1905 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Sherman Mountains quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Sherman Mountains quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Laramie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Buford quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Sherman between 1992 and 2019, burning about 42 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | BUFORD |
| 28 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | 700N |
| 27 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | not named |
| 18 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | not named |
| 19 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | DEVILS PLAYGROUND |
| 17 August 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | VEDUAWOO |
| 10 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Sherman: 4 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Feldspar, Garnet, Copper, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman Group Prospect | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Smaller Deposit #12-Iron Mtn area | Titanium, Iron | Prospect | Magnetite, Ilmenite | |
| Tie Siding Area | Feldspar, Garnet | Past Producer | ||
| Tie Siding Area | Feldspar, Garnet | Past Producer | ||
| Tie Siding Area | Feldspar, Garnet | Past Producer | ||
| Tie Siding Area | Feldspar, Garnet | Past Producer | ||
| Buford Area | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| No Name Pegmatites | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Sherman Group | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Tie Siding Feldspar Pegmatite #2 | Uranium | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sherman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | - | Mesonet station UR535 Sherws gustted to 64 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Creek | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Buford | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Hirsig | 7.0 miles | 19 | |
| Hermosa | 7.3 miles | 16 | |
| Tie Siding | 8.4 miles | 19 | |
| The Buttes | 12.6 miles | 18 | |
| Red Buttes | 14.2 miles | 18 | |
| Laramie | 19.5 miles | 19 |
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 Sherman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7495115 | 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 1594258. 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.






