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The Buttes, Wyoming

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the South Albany census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82070. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Red Buttes quadrangle. 31 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 7,405 feet above sea level.

The Buttes within Albany County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

8 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of The Buttes between 1992 and 2016, burning about 42 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/undetermined4
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
25 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use5.2 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
23 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
10 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
30 June 2015Naturalunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
7 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
29 April 2009Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
7 November 2015Fireworks2.0 acresWyoming State Forestrynot named
1 January 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of The Buttes: 2 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Perlite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fay PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nippr #1 ProspectPerliteProspect
Harney Creek ValleyGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Red Buttes AreaGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Sportsman LakeGypsum-AnhydriteProspect
Sprotsman LakeGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Albany 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
Red Buttes1.6 miles18
Tie Siding7.1 miles19
Hermosa7.5 miles16
Laramie9.7 miles19
West Laramie9.8 miles19
Dale Creek11.2 miles16
Sherman12.6 miles16
Hirsig14.1 miles19

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 The ButtesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1956423The 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 1853214. 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.