Silver Tip, Wyoming
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Torrington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82244. The Survey maps it on the Yoder quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1899 USGS Goshen Hole quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Yoder quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1990 USGS Yoder quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Silver Tip between 2017 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Goshen County | 17 ON 154 |
| 1 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Goshen County | HANSEN FIRE |
| 24 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Goshen County | WHISPERING WINGS |
| 17 December 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Goshen County | 3544 RD 52 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yoder | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Fonda | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Huntley | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Veteran | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Heldt | 7.1 miles | 18 | |
| Cottier | 7.4 miles | 18 | |
| Hawk Springs | 8.9 miles | 12 | |
| South Torrington | 10.4 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597496. 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.




