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Stansbury, Wyoming

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rock Springs North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82943. The Survey maps it on the Reliance quadrangle.

Stansbury within Sweetwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

28 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Stansbury between 2003 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined12
Fireworks6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
16 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeSTASNOSE
4 August 2013Naturalunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeTOP
4 August 2013Natural1.0 acresRock Springs Field OfficeKILLPEPPER CREEK
15 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeBARBED WIRE
15 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficePOWERLINE
15 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRock Springs Field OfficeARCH
14 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresRock Springs Field OfficeARCH
6 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSweetwater CountyMOTOCROSS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sweetwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Stansbury: 6 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium. 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
HopefullUraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
State Highway Department ledge rock quarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
State Highway Department ledge rock quarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
State Highway Department ledge rock quarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
State Highway DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Highway DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Highway DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Highway DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Dines (historical)1.8 miles11
Reliance2.4 miles11
Winton (historical)3.3 miles11
North Rock Springs5.8 miles9
Rock Springs8.0 miles13
Blairtown9.2 miles13
Clearview Acres9.7 miles8
Salt Wells11.2 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597508. 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.