Sussex, Wyoming
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1962. It stands in the Kaycee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82639. It lies near Cole Draw. The Survey maps it on the Sussex quadrangle. It stands 4,383 feet above sea level.
On record in Sussex
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
Cantonment Renolisted 1977
EDZ Irigary Bridgelisted 1985
Fort Renolisted 1970
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1955 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Sussex quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Sussex between 1992 and 2020, burning about 295 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.8 acres | Buffalo Field Office | OHIO FIRE |
| 6 September 2009 | Natural | 185 acres | Buffalo Field Office | DDG 2 MILE |
| 8 August 2016 | Natural | 30 acres | Buffalo Field Office | FOUR MILE CREEK |
| 7 July 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Buffalo Field Office | POWDER RIVER |
| 30 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Buffalo Field Office | CAMPEMELLE |
| 26 July 2020 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Johnson County | GARRETT |
| 12 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 acres | Buffalo Field Office | GARRET |
| 11 June 2013 | Natural | 4.8 acres | Buffalo Field Office | ANDREWS DRAW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sussex: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Meike Pit Number Three | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Skiles Pit Number One | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
16 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sussex in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2016: 11 hail, 4 funnel cloud, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Flood | Sussex | $5,000 | A flood wave moved north down the Powder River as a result of heavy rain over the Memorial Day Weekend. For the most part, impacts were confined to low lying land nearest the river. However, there was flooding of some infrastructure near the Interstate 90 Powder River bridge in eastern Johnson County. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Sussex | $5,000 | Golf ball sized and larger hail fell at a ranch east of Kaycee along State Highway 192. The largest stones were 3 inches in diameter. The large hail broke windows and screens, cracked a few windshields, and caused minor damage to ranch buildings. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Sussex | - | The public reported half dollar sized hail at a rural ranch near the Powder River north of Sussex in far eastern Johnson County. |
| June 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Sussex | - | A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud between Kaycee and Sussex. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Sussex | - | Hail up to one inch in diameter was observed at a ranch east of Kaycee. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Sussex | - | Three-quarter inch diameter hail fell at a ranch near Sussex. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Sussex | - | Nickel sized hail was observed at a ranch near Sussex. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Sussex | - | Hail of nickel to quarter size fell near Sussex for 15 minutes. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Sussex | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Sussex | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Sussex | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Sussex | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Sussex | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Sussex | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Sussex | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Sussex | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sussex Unit | 8.0 miles | 7 | |
| Linch | 8.2 miles | 7 | |
| Linstead Place | 14.5 miles | 6 | |
| Kaycee | 18.2 miles | 6 | |
| Mayoworth | 27.9 miles | 6 | |
| Barnum | 32.7 miles | 7 | |
| Hazelton | 45.1 miles | 12 | |
| Buffalo | 49.7 miles | 12 |
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 Sussex | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7649387 | 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 1597516. 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.



