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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.

South Flat within Washakie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

89 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined30
Debris and open burning28
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Fireworks6
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
8 September 2015Natural5.6 acresWorland Field OfficeTROVATO
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWorland Field OfficeBLUFF
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWorland Field OfficeNORTHERN
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWorland Field OfficeNATURE BOY
17 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWorland Field OfficeHOT OIL
13 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashakie CountySOUTH FLAT 137 FIRE
12 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWashakie County1563 JIMS PATH
1 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWashakie County2020-160

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washakie County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Horn FeedersSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Howard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Neiber PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Mat PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washakie 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
Colter1.9 miles10
Airport Road5.3 miles8
Worland6.5 miles10
Winchester9.6 miles10
West River12.0 miles10
Washakie Ten12.5 miles10
Durkee14.7 miles9
Eccles15.3 miles9

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 FlatAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1956103The 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.