South Flat, Wyoming
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Worland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82401. It stands on South Flat. The Survey maps it on the Neiber quadrangle. 374 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 4,186 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1945 USGS Kirby quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Kirby quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Thermopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Neiber quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
89 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of South Flat between 1993 and 2020, burning about 585 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Natural | 5.6 acres | Worland Field Office | TROVATO |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Worland Field Office | BLUFF |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Worland Field Office | NORTHERN |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Worland Field Office | NATURE BOY |
| 17 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Worland Field Office | HOT OIL |
| 13 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washakie County | SOUTH FLAT 137 FIRE |
| 12 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washakie County | 1563 JIMS PATH |
| 1 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washakie County | 2020-160 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of South Flat: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Horn Feeders | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Howard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Neiber Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Mat Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colter | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Airport Road | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Worland | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Winchester | 9.6 miles | 10 | |
| West River | 12.0 miles | 10 | |
| Washakie Ten | 12.5 miles | 10 | |
| Durkee | 14.7 miles | 9 | |
| Eccles | 15.3 miles | 9 |
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 South Flat | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1956103 | 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 1853211. 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.






