Table Rock, Wyoming
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Wamsutter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82901. The Survey maps it on the Table Rock quadrangle. It stands 6,824 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Table Rock quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Red Desert Basin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Table Rock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 547 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | BLOOMING FLOWER |
| 3 September 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | CONTANENTAL |
| 27 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Rawlins Field Office | G L |
| 27 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | Rawlins Field Office | TWO TRACKS |
| 21 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sweetwater County | MM155 |
| 14 September 2002 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | BAR 10 |
| 4 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Rock Springs Field Office | ADOBE |
| 24 August 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 50 acres | Rawlins Field Office | BAR X |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Table Rock: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, 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 Department Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Table Rock in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 tornado. 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 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Table Rock | $1,000 | There were numerous reports of a tornado just north of Interstate 80. The tornado lifted and touched down numerous times as it moved eastward. A motor home had it's windshield blown out by strong winds, and an 84 mph wind gust was reported at the weather sensor near Tipton. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Monell | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| J O Junction | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Tipton | 6.7 miles | 7 | |
| Bitter Creek | 9.9 miles | 7 | |
| Fort LaClede (historical) | 13.7 miles | 6 | |
| Red Desert | 14.4 miles | 8 | |
| Point of Rocks | 21.6 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 Table Rock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1825669 | 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 1595289. 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.




