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South Superior, Wyoming

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Rock Springs North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82945. The Survey maps it on the South Superior quadrangle.

South Superior within Sweetwater County

On record in South Superior

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

8 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of South Superior between 2001 and 2019, burning about 98 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Other causes1

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
30 September 2001Natural3.5 acresRock Springs Field OfficeBIG BULL
20 September 2009Natural2.9 acresRock Springs Field OfficeSUPERIOR
22 August 2005Other causesunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeCOPPER
6 July 2019Natural4.2 acresRock Springs Field OfficeSUPERIOR
21 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined62 acresRock Springs Field OfficeSUPERIOR
17 June 2012Natural1.0 acresRock Springs Field OfficeSUPERIOR SOUTH
17 May 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeSUPERIOR
13 April 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresRock Springs Field OfficeASSIST 2

Every fire recorded in Sweetwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of South Superior: 6 occurrences, 3 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Potassium, Potash, 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
UnknownPumiceUnknown
Leucite QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
State Highway DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Emmon's ConePotassium, PotashProspectLeucite
Osborn MesaPotassium, PotashProspectLeucite
State Highway Department ledge rock quarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
State Highway DeptStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown (Commercial gravel pit or aggregate operation)Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Zirkel MesaPotassium, PotashProspectLeucite
Mud No. 1 and No. 2 ClaimsUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Sweetwater 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
Thayer Junction6.0 miles8
Salt Wells7.5 miles8
Winton (historical)10.7 miles11
Point of Rocks11.1 miles8
Dines (historical)11.2 miles11
Stansbury12.4 miles11
Reliance13.8 miles11
Rock Springs17.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1594743. 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.