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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.

Sherman within Albany County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

38 since 1992

Regional 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 ceremony16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural6
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
3 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandBUFORD
28 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland700N
27 September 1994Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grasslandnot named
18 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
13 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grasslandnot named
19 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandDEVILS PLAYGROUND
17 August 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMedicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National GrasslandVEDUAWOO
10 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sherman Group ProspectCopper, GoldOccurrenceGold
Smaller Deposit #12-Iron Mtn areaTitanium, IronProspectMagnetite, Ilmenite
Tie Siding AreaFeldspar, GarnetPast Producer
Tie Siding AreaFeldspar, GarnetPast Producer
Tie Siding AreaFeldspar, GarnetPast Producer
Tie Siding AreaFeldspar, GarnetPast Producer
Buford AreaUraniumUnknown
No Name PegmatitesUraniumProspect
Sherman GroupUraniumProspect
Tie Siding Feldspar Pegmatite #2UraniumUnknown

Every working recorded in Albany County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2025Thunderstorm WindSherman-Mesonet station UR535 Sherws gustted to 64 mph.

Every storm recorded in Albany 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
Dale Creek2.4 miles16
Buford3.0 miles16
Hirsig7.0 miles19
Hermosa7.3 miles16
Tie Siding8.4 miles19
The Buttes12.6 miles18
Red Buttes14.2 miles18
Laramie19.5 miles19

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 ShermanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7495115The 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.