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Squaw Hollow, Wyoming

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Green River South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82938. It lies near Nahguch Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Haystack Buttes North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Squaw Hollow within Sweetwater County

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

6 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Squaw Hollow (historical) between 1994 and 2018, burning about 6 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
Fireworks2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 August 2017Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresAshley National ForestFLAMING GORGE
12 August 2017Natural1.0 acresSweetwater County85 E FIRE
4 July 2017Fireworks2.0 acresAshley National ForestBRINEGAR CROSSING
2 July 2018Fireworksunder an acreAshley National ForestSQUAW HOLLOW
11 July 2018Naturalunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeHOLLOW
1 October 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sweetwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Squaw Hollow (historical): 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, 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
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Anomaly No. B-16-2UraniumOccurrence
Green RiverUraniumUnknown
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence

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
Washam15.0 miles9
Greenhough Place17.8 miles10
McKinnon22.0 miles9
Rendezvous22.2 miles9
Burntfork25.3 miles8
Green River25.7 miles10
Riovista26.9 miles9
James Town27.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1603312. 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.