South Pass City, Wyoming
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Lander census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82520. It lies near Big Hermit Gulch. The Survey maps it on the South Pass City quadrangle.
On record in South Pass City
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 3 records
- South PassNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
South Pass Citylisted 1970
South Pass City Historic District (Boundary Increase)listed 2012
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1953 USGS South Pass City quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Lander quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Lander quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Lander quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS South Pass quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS South Pass City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
39 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of South Pass City between 1994 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Shoshone National Forest | FOREST |
| 27 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.1 acres | Lander Field Office | MARY ANN |
| 27 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.3 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shoshone National Forest | WILLOW |
| 19 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lander Field Office | ROCK CREEK |
| 13 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Shoshone National Forest | SLATE CREEK |
| 25 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Shoshone National Forest | LOUIS |
| 20 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Shoshone National Forest | LITTLE PINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of South Pass City: 14 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite, Arsenic, Silver, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carissa Mine | Gold, Arsenic, Nickel | Past Producer | 1850 | |
| Duncan Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Mechanic &Emerald Lode | Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Sixty Seven Mile Pit Blm | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| South Pass Mines | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| St Louis Mine | Gold, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Tabor Grand Mine | Arsenic, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Gold, Silver, Copper | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Duncan Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Gold, Silver |
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Pass City in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Pass City | - | Very strong wind occurred as thunderstorms moved across the Wind River Mountains. Where winds tend to channel near Red Canyon, a maximum 96 mph wind gust occurred. A 60 mph wind gust occurred to the west of South Pass City. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Pass City | - | An automated station on South Pass recorded a 61 mph wind gust as a result of outflow wind from a thunderstorm moving from Sweetwater County into Fremont County. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Pass City | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erramouspe Place | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Atlantic City | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Last Crossing Ford Number 9 | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Miners Delight | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Kotey Place | 20.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lander | 25.4 miles | 12 | |
| Wyopo | 27.4 miles | 12 | |
| Milford | 28.2 miles | 10 |
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 Pass City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q499629 | 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 1603193. 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.





