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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.

Sussex within Johnson County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

11 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined6
Natural5

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
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.8 acresBuffalo Field OfficeOHIO FIRE
6 September 2009Natural185 acresBuffalo Field OfficeDDG 2 MILE
8 August 2016Natural30 acresBuffalo Field OfficeFOUR MILE CREEK
7 July 2013Naturalunder an acreBuffalo Field OfficePOWDER RIVER
30 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresBuffalo Field OfficeCAMPEMELLE
26 July 2020Natural4.5 acresJohnson CountyGARRETT
12 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined19 acresBuffalo Field OfficeGARRET
11 June 2013Natural4.8 acresBuffalo Field OfficeANDREWS DRAW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
DelUraniumPast Producer
Meike Pit Number ThreeSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Skiles Pit Number OneSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

16 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2015FloodSussex$5,000A 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 2014HailSussex$5,000Golf 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 2016HailSussex-The public reported half dollar sized hail at a rural ranch near the Powder River north of Sussex in far eastern Johnson County.
June 2015Funnel CloudSussex-A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud between Kaycee and Sussex.
June 2014HailSussex-Hail up to one inch in diameter was observed at a ranch east of Kaycee.
May 2013HailSussex-Three-quarter inch diameter hail fell at a ranch near Sussex.
May 2013HailSussex-Nickel sized hail was observed at a ranch near Sussex.
June 2008HailSussex-Hail of nickel to quarter size fell near Sussex for 15 minutes.
June 2002HailSussex-no account filed
June 2002HailSussex-no account filed
June 2001HailSussex-no account filed
July 2001HailSussex-no account filed
July 2001HailSussex-no account filed
July 2001Funnel CloudSussex-no account filed
July 1998Funnel CloudSussex-no account filed
June 1998Funnel CloudSussex-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Sussex Unit8.0 miles7
Linch8.2 miles7
Linstead Place14.5 miles6
Kaycee18.2 miles6
Mayoworth27.9 miles6
Barnum32.7 miles7
Hazelton45.1 miles12
Buffalo49.7 miles12

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 SussexAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7649387The 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.