BlockSussex Unit, Wyoming
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1962. It stands in the Kaycee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82640. It lies near Reeves Draw. The Survey maps it on the Linch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Linch quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Sussex Unit between 1994 and 2020, burning about 398 acres in total. 1 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 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Buffalo Field Office | MEADOW CREEK |
| 14 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 140 acres | Johnson County | MEADOW CREEK #2 |
| 14 August 2020 | Natural | 131 acres | Johnson County | SULLIVAN DRAW |
| 30 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 24 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 15 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 acres | Buffalo Field Office | LINCH |
| 1 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 22 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 acres | Johnson County | MEADOW CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Sussex Unit: 9 occurrences, 6 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Selenium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kell Roy #3 Prospect | Uranium, Selenium | Occurrence | Coffinite, Tyuyamunite, Uraninite | |
| Del | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Del 1 Or Lucky Lady 2 | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Del Linch Claim | Uranium | Occurrence | Carnotite | |
| Del Linch Claim | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Hannah #1 | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Jack Rabbit Nos. 1+2 Claims | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Jim Dandy | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Kel-Roy | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Kell Roy #3 | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122541405 | 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 1605140. 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.