BlockSweeney Ranch, Wyoming
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Rock Springs South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82901. The Survey maps it on the Lion Bluffs quadrangle. 17 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 6,696 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Lion Bluffs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Firehole Canyon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Sweeney Ranch between 1995 and 2016, burning about 1 acre in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | MP508E |
| 16 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | SWEENY RANCH |
| 30 May 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | SWEENY |
| 7 October 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | FLOYD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sweeney Ranch: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Highway Dept | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Highway Dept | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrowhead Springs | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| South Baxter | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Quealy | 11.9 miles | 13 | |
| Salt Wells | 12.1 miles | 8 | |
| Rock Springs | 12.6 miles | 13 | |
| Blairtown | 13.3 miles | 13 | |
| Thayer Junction | 15.2 miles | 8 | |
| Clearview Acres | 15.7 miles | 8 |
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 Sweeney Ranch | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1942131 | 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 1853213. 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.